It was almost inevitable. iPhone is too good of a device, and iPhone platform is just too hot right now for entrepreneurs from around the world to take advantage. Washington Post is reporting that Ngmoco has received funding to develop games for the iPhone platform. But that’s just a start. You can expect other smaller companies to join Ngmoco to get a piece of the pie. If you are an iPhone developer, the market is red hot right now and one should assume that the salaries for these guys are going to go up exponentially. But the real money is in startups!

Apple iPhone SDK Beta 2 is released. You can find it through Apple Developer Program through Apple iPhone. If you don’t know already, you can give $99 for the standard program. For the enterprise program, you need to pay $299! Check here for the detail.

It seems like it. Slashdot is reporting that we should not expect to see anything like a FireFox or Skype on the iPhone any time soon. Most of it is due to legal issues, and Apple obviously has a higher regard for Safari than Firefox. This could be a little bit problematic for Apple. As you all remember, Microsoft tried the same stuff with Netscape and while it paid off for them at the time, a lot of bad will was created towards Microsoft’s antics. I know that Apple is probably not pulling a Microsoft as they don’t seem to be that type of a company. Having said that, if Apple goes ahead and blocks anything that competes with its own Apps, you can surely expect the guys to bring a suit against Apple. If iPhone wants to achieve a truly open platform, blocking out Apps is not the way to go.

With the release of iPhone SDK, everyone wants to figure out how to get their hands dirty with the new software development kit. iPhone Developer’s cookbook is a book that you may want to look at for iPhone recipes. In fact there is a great interview with the author of iPhone cookbook that you may want to check out.

The iPhone SDK allows you to go native with your programs for the Apple iPhone, and you are not limited only to Web apps only. However, the only downside that I see to the SDK so far is the native C programming, which could be hassle for a pure web developer. But I do agree with Erica that iPhone SDK will push the iPhone to the next level. It’s all about sales for Apple, and whether it’s the jailbreak Apps or the iPhone Apps that are making iPhone platform more popular, Apple shouldn’t care in my opinion. How Apple handles the jailbreakers is going to determine how crazy popular iPhone is going to get in the next few months.

I did mention a month ago that people are not simply waiting for the iPhone SDK to be released. They are planning, some are even coding prototypes for the iPhone so to be ready when the SDK is released. PC Magazine is reporting that a host of software makers are planning to attack the iPhone market with their native programs. But that’s nothing in compare to what happens when the SDK is officially released!