Apple to unveil iPad mini Oct 23, sources say

PanARMENIAN.Net - October 10, the date on which Apple was rumored to be distributing invitations to a second fall product event, passed without a word from its Cupertino, Calif., HQ. The silence from the iconic tech company left some to wonder if it still plans to debut a smaller iPad this fall and others to speculate that production delays may have forced it to postpone the device’s unveiling until later in the year, AllThingsD reports.

Apple will hold a special event this month at which it will showcase a new, smaller iPad. People familiar with Apple’s plans say that the company will unveil the so-called “iPad mini” on October 23 at an invitation-only event, according to AllThingsD.

That’s a Tuesday, not a Wednesday, so this is a bit of a break with recent tradition. It also happens to be just three days prior to the street date for Microsoft’s new Surface tablet. Sources declined to specify where the event is to be held. But it’s likely to be at Apple’s Town Hall Auditorium. The company has debuted a number of important products there in the past — OS X Lion, a next-generation MacBook Air and the iPhone 4S — so there’s plenty of precedent, the report says.