But a few weeks later, when we were almost ready to submit Osmos (for iPhone) we tried the submission process again and - lo and behold - the name Osmos was ava

But a few weeks later, when we were almost ready to submit Osmos (for iPhone) we tried the submission process again and - lo and behold - the name Osmos was available! We’re not sure what happened actually, but we suspect we owe someone at Apple a thank you. I'm pretty sure it's because of this rule in the system that exists to prevent name squatting (from the iTunes Connect Developer guide pg.70): "Once you have created your app, and it is in the state Prepare For Upload or Waiting For Upload, you will have 120 days (4 months) from your creation date in iTunes Connect, to deliver a binary to Apple. If you do not deliver a binary before the 120-day deadline, your app will be deleted from iTunes Connect. As a result of this deletion, your app name will be able to be used by another developer and you cannot reuse the app name, SKU or Bundle ID."