With Leopards Delay, When will the iPhone be released?

With the internet swarming with opinions and speculation since the report of Apple Inc. (AAPL) push back of Leopard, their next update to OSX, everyone is wondering just WHEN is the iPhone going to be released?

Well our friends over at Apple let us know yesterday! In fact it was in the same announcement as the set back of Leopard to October. The first sentence in that statement is the answer.

"iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. "

Exactly what does late June mean? If we take a look at Apple's track record, we expect that late June means anywhere from the 20th to the end of June. We're betting on June 30th as a release day even though it's a Saturday.