Report: Apple Will Announce Its New iPads at an Event on Oct. 16

Alyssa Bereznak
·National Correspondent, Technology
Updated
Tim Cook onstage at Apple event
Tim Cook onstage at Apple event

(AFP)

Apple’s product announcements ain’t over until someone other than Bono sings.

The company plans to hold a “special event” Thursday, Oct. 16, in California, according to a report by Re/code’s John Paczkowski, who correctly predicted the timing of Apple’s Sept. 9 event, and who is thought to have terrific sources within Apple.

(Update: After Paczkowski’s piece was published, the Wall Street Journal came out with its own report that confirmed the event’s date.)

The announcement is rumored to concentrate on a new line of improved iPads. Blogs have been whispering that, like the latest iPhone, the new iPad could ship with a bigger screen and also come equipped with fingerprint scanning Touch ID sensors. There may also be a gold option for the new iPad.

Additionally, Apple may announce a new line of Retina iMacs, per a report from 9to5Mac last week.

This should also be the moment executives can finally announce the availability of the long-awaited OS X Yosemite, the new operating system for Mac computers, which was first announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

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