We aren't even a week removed from Apple's iPhone 5S, 5C media event yet we're already hearing rumors concerning Cupertino's next major product announcement. Early indications suggest Apple is preparing to showcase the next wave of iPads at a special press event on October 15.
Most believe Apple will debut the next generation full-sized iPad as well as a new iPad mini a month from now. The larger iPad 5 is expected to have a slight redesign that will see it more resemble the iPad mini while the latter device will almost certainly receive a Retina display.
The second part of Tim Cook's "busy fall" is likely to include new Haswell-powered Macs and the launch of OS X Mavericks. The updated operating system is said to be pretty much finished. As such, a gold master could arrive any day now unless Apple decides to seed one final beta to developers.
The rumored date originated from MacGeneration, a French blog with a track record that's described as mixed at best so take the news with a grain of salt. Apple did launch the fourth generation iPad and iPad mini last October which means we could very well see the same thing for 2013.
Apple's new iPhone 5S and 5C will begin shipping this Friday, September 20. Current iOS users can pick up a free copy of iOS 7 starting on Wednesday, September 18.