With Steve Jobs on medical leave until the end of June, some have wondered whether the Apple CEO might put in an appearance at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference or perhaps even show up to deliver its keynote address. This morning Apple (AAPL) put an end to that speculation, announcing that a team of Apple executives, led by Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the keynote. Among the topics to be discussed at this year’s event: iPhone OS 3.0 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which will have reached final Developer Preview release by that time.
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