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Apple Announces Special Event: 'It's Been Way Too Long'. Here's What To Expect.

The clamour surrounding the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch may only just be cooling down, but today Apple has announced another major event where we are expected to see the company refresh the rest of its portfolio.

Under the somewhat ironic tagline ‘It’s been way too long.’ Apple has invited journalists to its Cupertino campus on October 16th “for a special event.”

Like all Apple launches, the company doesn’t give away any details beforehand (unless you want to read into the rainbow outline of the Apple logo on the invite). That said the usual flurry of leaks has again hit in recent weeks so we are starting to get a good idea of what to expect.

How to watch Apple's iPad and Mac event live

The event can be streamed on second- and third-generation Apple TV devices running software version 6.2 or later. You will find the stream on the Apple Events channel on the device's main menu.

You can also tune in right on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 6 or later using the Safari mobile Web browser and clicking on this link. Mac and MacBook users on OS X 10.6.8 or later can watch the event by clicking on this link using Safari version 5.1.10 or later.


CNET's live blog of Apple's iPad event

Don't own an Apple product? Our team of reporters and editors will be inside the event keeping you up-to-date with photos, commentary and analysis of everything Apple has to offer. CNET's preshow starts at 8:45 a.m. PT with Brian Tong, Donald Bell, Sharon Profis and Stephen Beacham discussing all things Apple and responding to viewer calls, tweets and emails. Apple's presentation is slated to begin at 10 a.m. PT.

You can figure out what time the keynote will start in your time zone here.