“Later today, at an invitation-only event at the California Theatre in San Jose, the company is expected to unveil a number of new products — both hardware and software,” John Paczkowski reports for AllThingsD.
“The main attraction of the event: The eagerly anticipated smaller version of Apple’s iPad,” Paczkowski reports. “This so-called “iPad mini” is expected to feature a 7.85-inch display, which will make the device about 40 percent larger than its seven-inch rivals, Google’s Nexus 7 and Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD.”
Paczkowski reports, “Also expected to take a turn on the California Theatre stage today is a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro to complement the 15-inch version that Apple debuted earlier this year, and some updated Mac minis, as well. On the software front, a new version of iBooks, version 3.0, is likely. And an overhaul of iTunes is a certainty…”
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