Rumors of the iPad 2 have been circulating pretty much since the launch of the first iPad, and today we get to put them all to rest. Apple’s media event will begin at 10:00 a.m. PST (1:00 p.m. EST), and we’ll be covering it live right here at Appletell.

Wednesday, October 20th, Apple will be holding their “Back to the Mac” press event. As usual, the event begins at 10:00 a.m. PDT, 1:00 EDT. Officially, we don’t much about the event. The invitation hints at the next version of Mac OS X—Lion—but the rest is all just rumor and speculation. You can join us right here as we live blog the event. In the meantime, here’s a quick roundup of the rumors we’ve heard so far…

With apologies for being late (real life sometimes gets in the way), here we go, with details of Apple’s iPhone 3.0 announcement.