Some rumblings from Daring Fireball’s John Gruber on a Branch thread this evening point to possible delays in iOS 7 and perhaps subsequently OS 10.9.
As he points out, Apple had this problem/solution before. In 2007, Apple had to devote some Mac resources toward getting the iPhone out the door. The press statement at the time read:
However, the Wall Street Journal says:
MG Siegler adds:
Gruber points out that Apple engineers carrying iOS have protective screens on them, so it is hard to see the OS, something we’ve heard has been common practice for some time.