Apple Special Event Live Blog: iPad 5 Announcement Expected

UPDATE: Apple today unveiled the new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display, as well as the Mac Pro, new MacBooks, and said OS X Mavericks will be free. For more, check out PCMag's hands on with the iPad Air.

Apple is holding another press event today, which is expected to include the launch of its next-gen iPads.

PCMag's Sascha Segan, Joel Santo Domingo, and Michael Muchmore are there, and will be live-blogging the entire event from our @PCMagLive Twitter feed. That's embedded below, so follow along for everything that Tim Cook and Co. have to say. Our team is already posting pics from San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, where eager reporters are lining up early; check it out.

Apple will be live-streaming today's event, but only for those with Apple gadgets. A webcast of the event will be available via Apple's Safari browser on machines running OS X 10.6+, Safari on iOS 4.2 or above, and second- or third-generation Apple TV devices with software update 5.0.2 or later. If you have any of those gadgets, head to Apple's website at 1 p.m. Eastern.

In addition to iPads, meanwhile, we expect Apple to provide details on the OS X Mavericks launch date as well as the Mac Pro. There could also be a MacBook refresh, and maybe some Apple TV news? For more, check out our rumor roundup, as well as an iPad event wish list from PCMag's staff.