Mac OS Ken: 10.22.2012

Fortune Looks at the Many Unknowns and Great Expectations for the Tuesday Apple Event Gruber Sees $249 to $299 as a Sensible Starting Price for iPad mini KGI Analyst Estimates iPad Mini Components to Run from $195 at the Low End to $254.50 at the High End Price-Comparison Site Says Consumers Choose Black iThings Over White iThings by 70% So Far in 2012 Evercore Partners Analyst Expects Apple to Phase-Out iPad 2 Soon Electronista: Apple Event Could Include Release Date for iTunes 11 iMore: iBook Description in France May Indicate iBooks 3.0 Announcement (or May Have Been a Typo) TechCrunch: Wait Times Reduced for New iPods All Things D: Sources Say Apple Hires Engineering Team from Color; Does Not Buy Entire Company 9 to 5 Mac: Work Begins on the Apple Prineville,OR Data Center Nokia Lumia 920 on Pre-Order at Best Buy for $149.99 Apple Sued for Locking the iPhone to AT&T (And No, It’s Not 2008)