科技英语新闻:Apple's WWDC sells out in hours

BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Tickets for Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2011 have already been sold out ten hours after the event was announced Monday, according to media reports.

It is the first time the event sold out the same day it was announced. Last year, the conference sold out in eight days.

WWDC 2011, with the tickets priced at 1599 U.S. dollars, will run from June 6 till June 10 at the Moscone West conference center in San Francisco.

This year's speedy turnaround is probably because of a rumored double-focus on iOS and Mac OS.

"At this year's conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS," Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said in a press release.

"If you are an iOS or Mac OS X software developer, this is the event that you do not want to miss."

The event will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers on Application Frameworks; Graphics, Media and Games; Developer Tools; Internet and Web, and Core OS.