Apple Sets Oct.23 Event

Apple just sent out invitations to a special event that it's holding next Tuesday, October 23, starting at 10 a.m. PT, presumably to unveil the much-rumored smaller iPad model. The tagline of the invite is "We've got a little more to show you," and the invitation shows the top of Apple's logo. Apple is holding the event at the California Theater in San Jose, Calif., just a block away from the courtroom where its major trial with Samsung took place.

The invitation confirms a report from AllThingsDigital last week, which claimed the event date would be October 23.

Since before its very first model of the iPad came out, Apple has been rumored to be working on a smaller version. But expectations that the company would double down on its iPad line have increased, especially after competitors like Amazon and Google began to put out smaller tablets that were a third of the price and brought in critical acclaim.