Every summer Steve Jobs and his merry band host the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, offering 5,000 developers exclusive access to Apple's upcoming software and technologies.

If this sounds of interest and you’re already scouring lastminute.com for flights to the US, too late.

Despite increased ticket prices and less warning, Apple’s official WWDC website reports this year’s event, running from June 7 – 11, is already full.

History repeating

Now, this heightened interest may have something to do with the 100+ technical sessions and hands-on labs with real life Apple engineers or...

That there’s a new device - iPhone 4 / iPhone HD / iPad Nano / GizmodoPhone (delete as appropriate) - to be officially 'revealed' on the opening day's keynote.

Of course, as well as the formal conference, which will also be covering details of the iPhone 4.0 OS, there are also plenty of meetings and parties held in the many hotels in the downtown area.

Maybe we'll see you around?