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04/17/2007, 12:15pm, EDT
Tuesday, April 17th
Apple to kick off WWDC with 3-hour keynote
Apple is set to kick off its 2007 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a whopping 3-hour keynote speech, and has added 'coding headstarts' as well as hotel rates to its website. The Cupertino-based company historically uses its WWDC keynote speech to offer in-depth previews of its operating system, elaborate on its overall strategic position, and introduces new hardware or software. The keynote is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on June 11th, and despite Apple's decision to push back the launch of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard until October, the company has promised to offer WWDC attendees preview versions of the new operating system. Apple previously noted that it was developing several secret features for Leopard, but refused to disclose those features to prevent competitors from copying the new ideas.
Apple's 'coding headstarts' each include an introductory video, lesson guide, and sample code in an Xcode project to provide developers with step-by-step guidance on how to create new features in applications using the development languages, APIs, and frameworks of Mac OS X Leopard.
Early registration for WWDC 2007 ends April 27th, with tickets priced at $1,300 until that date.
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I was thinking this too but then it dawned on me... What if Apple has more in store with OS X that they would be concerned not only of Microsoft copying their technology, but Cell phone and media device creators??
The features being kept secret may be revealed around the iPhone introduction simply because it has something to do with the iPhone itself OR the technology behind the iPhone.
But yeah, what smurfman said.
Sheesh I sound like Testudo.