Looks like Snow Leopard really is on target for a September release, if not sooner. Rumor has it that the beat went gold — meaning that it has been sent to factories to be duplicated on to install disks. If that is true, we could see Snow Leopard on sale by the end of the month.
It would be interesting, as Apple could then brag that they beat their own release deadline, as opposed to Microsoft having OS release deadlines slip by months and even years.
How iPhone treats iPhone app developers has continued to be a hot topic this week, with more developers telling their stories and more bloggers writing about it. Apple’s VP Phil Schiller responded to one complaining developer by email and said that Apple is listening to the complaints. An interesting list of rejected iPhone apps can be found here. Aside from a few that were rejected for obvious objectionable content, there is plenty of evidence of Apple’s app reviewers disagreeing with each other and making contradictory calls.
Apple made some small product adjustments this week. They released a bug fix update to Safari, version 4.0.3, available through Software Update. They also resumed offering matte screen options for 15-inch MacBook Pros, much to the delight of those who favored matte screens over the standard glossy versions.
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