Yesterday Apple sent out invitations to the industry press for a media event scheduled a week today on September 12. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and is scheduled to begin at 6PM BST. The tagline on the invitation is simply "It's almost here."
(Notice the shadow on the invitation?)
Apple is expected to introduce the next-generation iPhone, the iPhone 5 and give a final preview of the iOS 6 mobile operating system at the event. Apple's "iPad mini" is reportedly also nearing a launch, but sources have indicated that Apple is planning a second media event for October to introduce that product.
Apple's iPod lineup is also rumored to be seeing an update at one of the two events, while rumored iMac updates and the launch of a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro are likely to appear separately.