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Most analysts and sources close to Apple expect the 7.85-inch iPad Mini to do everything the traditional 9.7-inch iPad can do – Web surfing, book reading, game playing, movie watching, all of that – but what about speed? What about cameras? What about battery life? Here are the eight most important features and tech specs we're expecting to see in the all-new iPad Mini, set to be unveiled this Tuesday.

For the most part, everyone is expecting the 7.85-inch iPad Mini to do everything the traditional 9.7-inch iPad can do, but what about speed? Will this iPad’s Internet connectivity be restricted to Wi-Fi zones, or will Apple choose to endow its third iDevice with LTE support?

When Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) reports third-quarter results Thursday, it’s likely to prove once again that eyeballs are money.

Coming hot on the heels of Apple’s October 23 iPad Mini event and the release of Windows 8, Google has scheduled its own mysterious announcement event on October 29.

Top global electronics brands Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Nokia, Google and Amazon share a common problem: they're customers of Taiwan’s Foxconn.

The company admitted that some students in its summer internship were below the Chinese legal minimum working age of 16.

Now that Apple has officially confirmed the existence, time, date and location of its much-anticipated media event in California, many are now wondering when Apple will release the "iPad Mini," the heavily-rumored tablet and the likely centerpiece of this scheduled media event, to its store shelves.

Apple released invitations on Tuesday for its media event scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 23. In all likelihood, this event will see the release of Apple’s heavily-rumored 7.85-inch iPad Mini, as well as a newly-updated new iPad, a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and a completely redesigned iMac.

According to multiple recent reports, Apple’s long-rumored iPad mini is likely to be unveiled on Oct. 23. There have also been reports speculating on what the smaller iPad could possibly feature. But the one thing that still remains a mystery is the price of the device.

A completely redesigned 21-inch iMac, as well as a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, have reportedly been discovered in China, which leads many to believe that these devices will be unveiled at Apple’s alleged “iPad Mini” media event on Oct. 23.

Could Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), be on the prowl for a unit of Texas Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: TXN)?

According to a source, the iPad Mini is set to have an Oct. 23 release date at a yet-to-be announced Apple event held three days before Microsoft unveils the Surface tablet.

Watching financial announcements from big companies in the PC sector resembles a jalopy falling apart. Is the tablet age here?

Apple wants quick, clean iPhone 5 production, after scuffs/scratches, but can the company net high-quality and high-speed at the same time?

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is scheduled to report third-quarter results next Thursday which may once again prove there's gold in search.

Turning speculations into reality, Samsung's mobile division head JK Shin announced in a press conference with Korean media Wednesday that the company will release a 4-inch version of the Galaxy S3, dubbed the “Galaxy S3 Mini” on Oct. 11 in Germany.

Apple's iPad Mini is rumored for a release date before the holiday season, and an image of what is believed to be the miniature tablet has surfaced on Twitter.

Apple originally said the fifth-generation iPod Touch, as well as seventh-generation iPod Nano, would be released to in October, but did not specify a date. On Monday, however, Australian users told SlashGear that Apple has changed its ship date availability to “3 weeks,” which means we could see the iPod Touch on store shelves by Monday, Oct. 29.

On the heels of a last week’s report claiming that mass production of the iPad mini has begun already at Apple's suppliers in China, the Wall Street Journal came up with yet another report Monday, which said that the Cupertino tech giant had already ordered “some component suppliers to Apple in Asia, including in Taiwan” to produce more than 10 million iPad minis for the fourth quarter of 2012.

Apple's iPad Mini isn't the only tablet rumored to come this fall-- the company may also launch a new version of its Retina Display iPad according to its developer logs.

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