Apple rumoured to be prepping an “Aperture X” upgrade →

AppleInsider finds a book listing on Amazon suggesting a new release of Apple’s Pro photography workflow application:

The book is listed as “Apple Aperture X (3) – UNDER NDA: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers,” and the 320-page paperback from Focal Press has a release date of May 26, 2010, perhaps suggesting a timeframe for the forthcoming software’s release.

They also reason out the “X factor”:

The apparent renaming of Aperture X and its release slated sometime early next year suggests that Apple may be planning a rebranding of its entire Pro App library with the “X” version for 2010, and could take the opportunity to deliver 64-bit upgrades at that time as well. The company began naming versions of its iLife and iWork packages after the year of their release starting in 2004, so iLife X and iWork X would also also fit into this same naming convention for the new year.

I’m intrigued, but May 2010 is still a long way to go.