Announced just yesterday, tickets to this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference have already sold out. Lasting less than 12 hours, all $1,599 tickets were snapped up from Apple’s site by eager developers and Apple fanatics.
WWDC has become an increasingly popular event in the tech community, especially as Apple’s industry dominance and market share continue to grow. While this marks the fourth consecutive year the conference has sold out, it is likely the quick sellout caught a few developers off guard. While still impressive given the steep price of entry, last year’s conference took a full eight days to sell out by comparison.
This year’s WWDC invitation teases attendees with the tagline: “Join us for a preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X.” Rumors have already surfaced claiming this message indicates a software-centric, hardware free conference. As there’s really no chance Apple will fold its hand ahead of time, we’ll have to wait until the week of June 6 to find out what the company has planned. If you were lucky enough to snag a ticket in the 12 hour window of availability, you’ll see the Apple keynote—and much more—in person. The rest of us, however, will have to hope for a live stream so that we can attend in spirit.
WWDC 2011 is scheduled for Monday June 6 through Friday the 10th, and will be held at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. Until then, stoke the rumor mills!