Does anyone know when proper music access is coming for iPhoneOS?

Question

Currently I would love to be able to make a visualisation app, a custom equalizer or possibly even a simple sound editing app for the iPhone, but am again thwarted by the inability of apps to properly access music stored on the device, a problem that's existed since 1.0 and has scarcely improved since, despite several promises. I have no idea if this came from actual technical problems or sheer laziness on the part of Apple's programmers, but we're now on (soon to be) version 4.0 of the leading portable media OS, and the lack of a simple ability like this is looking more and more ridiculous.
I can understand how accessing raw sound data at the driver level might be a difficult depending on the hardware (I know even some laptop sound cards have problems with this), but this wouldn't even be necessary. All developers who wanted to develop a visualization or equalizer would need is read-only access to the music library on the phone - it would mean more work for them since they wouldn't be able to just use the built-in player for playback, but that's a better alternative than not being able to do it at all, and carries less stability and security risks than allowing 3rd-party apps to actively modify sound data as it's being played.
I've emailed Apple three times about this and recieved no reply either time. Those of you with knowledge of the SDK betas and upcoming features, can you confirm when exactly we might be seeing this feature implemented?

Answer 1

Right.
What you've 'heard' might as well be dust in the wind. Only Apple knows.
As an example, 3.2 is beta...who's to say it won't be 4.0 later?
If you're not signed up, then all you have as a resource are the rumor sites, etc. As a registered dev, you can get beta materials, release notes, confidential online docs, api diffs and dig thru them. You can also submit bug reports/feature requests. Why are you worried about 'proper music access' if you're not even registered? Wanting to know before you register is just window shopping. Apple tends to focus that kind of support on people that show they are serious.
There is a devforum that requires being a registered dev, but you'll get the same thing there. Confidential is as confidential does. Keyword: marketing.