Apple, which is expected to introduce a few new products to boost holiday sales this quarter, may debut its new iPad mini at an event on Oct. 22.
预计苹果(Apple)将推出一些新产品以推动本季度的假期购物旺季销售，新iPad Mini可能将在10月22日的发布会上登台亮相。
Rumor sites have been speculating about the Oct. 22 date for a while, which is almost exactly a year after CEO Tim Cook first introduced the mini, and today AllThingsD said its sources also reiterated that date for tan invitation-only event. Cook is expected to unveil a second-generation iPad mini tablet with a high-definition Retina display, as well as the fifth generation of its larger-format iPad with a better camera and new A7 microprocessor. Apple may also finally announce the ship date for the long-awaited Mac Pro desktop, which was previewed during Apple’s developers conference in June.
一段时间以来，各路传播小道消息的网站一直对10月22日这天浮想联翩，这天几乎正好是CEO蒂姆•库克(Tim Cook)宣布iPad Mini的一周年。AllThingsD在10月8日报道称，知情人士表示苹果将在那天举行邀请式发布会。预计库克将发布配备高清Retina显示屏的第二代iPad mini平板电脑，以及配备更好摄像头和新款A7处理器的第五代iPad。苹果还可能最终宣布人们期待已久的Mac Pro台式机的发售日期。该产品在今年6月的苹果开发者大会上发布。
Investors have been clamoring for Cook and Apple to speed up their new product rollout schedule in a bid to boost sales growth and fend off rivals from Amazon to Google to Samsung in the two markets where it gets more than 75 percent of its sales: smartphones and tablets. Amazon, with its Kindle, and Google, with its Nexus, already offer high-definition displays in their small screen tablets, and Samsung beat Apple to market with its release last month of a smartwatch called the Gear that works with its Galaxy phone. Analysts don’t expect Cook, who last month introduced the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c as well as faster iMac desktop, to unveil a smartwatch until next year.
亚马逊和谷歌已经为各自的小屏幕平板电脑Kindle和Nexus配备了高清显示屏，三星则抢先一步在上个月发布了能与Galaxy系列手机配合使用的智能手表Gear。分析师预计，库克在上个月推出了新款iPhone 5s、iPhone 5c和速度更快的iMac台式机，可能要到明年才会发布智能手表。
Apple typically sends out invitations a week before its events. The company is also set to announce fourth-quarter earnings on Oct. 28 after the market closes.
苹果通常会在发布会的前一周发出邀请函。该公司还计划在10月28日闭市后宣布第四季度财报。
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