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Keynote Confirmed for Monday 11th

Apple’s WWDC 2007 pages have been updated with charts displaying a block 3 hours in length set aside for the Keynote presentation to be held in The Presidio room on Monday June 11th starting at 9am PST.

Although no official announcement has been made it is widely expected that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs will give the presentation.

World of Apple will naturally be providing full coverage of WWDC and a live text feed of the Keynote presentation, if any readers are in attendance and could lend a hand then please contact us.

Apple Hints at Resolution Independence

Apple has sent out an ADC email confirming the existence of resolution independence.

Screenshot of an email sent out by Apple to ADC members

The email reads; “We’ve always valued access to Apple engineers, and WWDC is the best place for that. Leopard’s new resolution independence capabilities look sharp, and with the help we’ll get at WWDC, our products will too. -Alykhan Jetha, Marketcircle”

“For Alykhan, that means he’ll come away with the knowledge he needs to use Quartz and Cocoa to make his products completely resolution independent.”

It should be noted that this is not the first time Apple has mentioned resolution independence. The technology was first mentioned on Apple’s developer website back in October 2006, as well as being relevealed in a patent application in November, and was eventually seen in a Leopard build.

Think Secret reports that reliable sources have stated that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is currently planned to be released at WWDC in mid-June.

According to the site Leopard was scheduled for release towards the end of March but has been moved back.

“Leopard is shaping up to be a more significant release than anyone expected, with much more to come than any of the developer builds have led on,” sources revealed to Think Secret.

The article also mentions that new iLife and iWork suites are likely to ship in the same timeframe. The site claims that Apple is toying with the idea of bundling at least one suite with Mac OS X.

Naming conventions on iLife and iWork could also take a change moving from using years in the name to being called “Leopard Edition”. Freeing Apple from yearly refresh constraints.

Apple today delivered emails to ADC members announcing the session tracks for WWDC 2007 held at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, California. It runs from June 11-15, 2007.

Email sent to ADC Members on Tuesday

“With over 100 sessions devoted to Mac OS X Leopard technologies, spanning six technology tracks, and personal access to the engineers behind them, WWDC will be a critical stop for any developer on the road to a killer Leopard application,” stated Apple.

The six sessions announced are as follows;

• Mac OS X Essentials - Learn the essential ingredients needed to build world-class products for Mac OS X.
• Graphics and Imaging - Add advanced audio, video, imaging, and graphics capabilities to your application.
• Information Technologies - to use, develop for, integrate, and manage Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS X Leopard Server.
• Leopard Innovations - Transform your application with powerful new Mac OS X Leopard technologies.
• Developer Tools - Reach new levels of productivity using ground-breaking development tools.
• Content and Media - Learn best practices for production and development of rich-media for desktop, devices and the Web.