Confirming earlier rumors, Apple announced this morning that they will be holding a special media event next Tuesday, October 4 at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Apple's March media event is over and the big bangs have silenced. In the commotion of snapping hundreds of photos and creating highlight reels, some things can go unnoticed. We'd like to take a moment and acknowledge those requirements, capabilities, and limitations that were buried and pushed aside this past week.

It's finally time to turn the page, placing the second generation iPad and March special media event speculation chapters in the past. There was the typical piles of rumors, but which of those were correct and which were just a pipe dream?

Apple has just stated that iOS 4.3 will be available to download soon. The software update is set to bring the Personal Hotspot feature to iOS users, along with support for "app subscriptions."

In just a few hours, Apple will announced the second generation iPad at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. However, if you can't wait until then to catch a glimpse of the iPad 2, a last minute mockup gives us an idea of what the real thing may look like.

Now that Apple has finally announced a media event that clearly has something to do with the iPad, given the image from the invitation; what seems most probable for Apple to reveal?

Apple will be holding a special media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on March 2 at 10:00 AM.