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Think of a designer wallet and iPhone 5 case all in one, and you’ll instantly get the new Luminous by AYANO. This new case offers space for cards, cash and your iPhone 5, all in the form of a foldable wallet clutch. The LUMINOUS Collection is crafted from water-resistant snake-print material and comes in five colors including gold (with gold hardware), gun metal (with matching hardware), and metallic pink with gold hardware. All models will set you back $59.99. Check the full release after the jump.

Apple has made some updates to its Mac Mini lineup. The new models include the same port configuration; but under the hood comes some enhancements in terms of hardware. 802.11n Wi-Fi, up to 1TB HDD or 256GB SSD, Dual or quad core Intel Core i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge processors, Intel HD Graphics 4000, up to 16GB of Ram and Bluetooth 4.0. The starting price remains the same at just $599.

Apple has announced the 4th generation iPad – and new iPad Mini. Just a half a year after announcing the 3rd generation, the new 4th generation iPad features the new A6X processor and offers 2x the performance for CPU tasks and graphics performance as well.  The front facing camera gets the 720p FaceTime treatment, and the LTE chip has expanded to offer even more carriers worldwide. Wi-Fi performance is up top twice as fast, and the new connector is updated to Lightning. New accessories include Lightning to HDMI and VGA, as well as USB and SD connectors. The configuration remains the same starting with a 16GB model at just $499, or $629 for the LTE version.

The iPad Mini features a 7.9″ display with an aluminum glass enclosure, as well as a bevel design like the iPhone 5; measuring in at just 7.2mm thin and 0.68lbs,it’s also 53% lighter than the iPad 4th generation. What about specs? Apple A5 processor, 5MP iSight Camera, 720p FaceTime Camera, LTE Wireless, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Lightning connector, 10-hour battery life–and accessories include an iPad Mini smart-cover which works like its bigger brother. The starting price is just $329 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version, and just $130 more for the Wifi+ Cellular versions. Both new versions will pre-order starting Friday, October 26th with Wi-Fi versions shipping November 2nd with the Wi-Fi + Cellular version shipping 2 weeks later.

Among the announcements today in California was Apple’s Fusion Drive. This new technology combines a standard Hard Drive with a flash SSD that work together to make your computing experience faster and more accessible. OS X works with the Fusion Drive to prioritize your most used files and programs, keeping the OS as well as core programs and files on its SSD portion to make it faster. The new Fusion Drive option will be an available option on the new iMac (and likely other computers in the future), with pricing yet to be announced.

Featuring a 5mm edge, the new iMac is astonishingly thin. Apple has engineered an entirely new iMac model that brings “thin” to new heights. With a display laminated directly to the glass, the 5mm edge extends around the entire screen. Inside, the components are completely re-engineered. Available in 21.5 (1920×1080), 27″ (2560×1440) sizes with IPS panels that allow you to view up to 178 degrees, the screen design offers less reflection (75% less) and over 300 nits of brightness. Other features include stereo speakers, a Facetime HD camera, dual microphones, Quad core i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge processors, NVIDIA Kepler graphics, up to 768GB of Flash HDD (or 3TB of traditional hard drive storage), up to 32GB of memory and a port configuration including: SD Card reader, 4x USB 3, Gigabit ethernet, 2x Thunderbolt and headphone jack. The 21.5 model starts at $1299, while the 27″ model starts at $1799.

Apple’s Phil Schiller is on stage in California and has just unveiled the new 13″ MacBook Pro with Retina display. Weighing in at 3.75, the new 13″ MacBook Pro is officially the lightest MacBook Pro ever. With the same port configuration as the 15″, the IPS Retina Display replicates its 15″ big brother with 4,096,000 pixels–making every experience that much clearer. Other features include: dual microphones, stereo speakers, glass multi-touch trackpad, FaceTime HD Camera, and a completely re-engineering interior design. Processor options are Intel dual-core Core i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge processors, Intel HD Graphics, up to 7-hours of battery life, and a unique fan configuration for ultimate cooling. The base model starts with a 128gb flash drive, 2.5GHz dual core i5 processor and 8GB of RAM–and starts at just $1,699.

With over 1.5 Million books available on the iBooks Bookstore, Apple has announced its latest version – iBooks 3. The free download is available today and includes some new features such as:

-Continuous scrolling – Flick to scroll
-Better iCloud integration – all of your books continue where you left off
-Facebook & Twitter sharing – tap on any element of the book and share quotes or paragraphs.
-New language support – including Korean, Chinese, Japanese and more.

More news on the way as Apple’s media event continues from California.

This just in from Canada: Rogers and Fido subscribers may experience better than normal call quality thanks to an announcement from the Canadian carrier. The iPhone 5 supports HD voice, which is a feature that results in increased call quality; once only available on the Bell and Telus network in Canada, now, Rogers and Fido customers will be listening to their callers in crystal clear HD (assuming the person on the other end of the call also has an HD voice compliant phone). Here’s the official word from Rogers:

Rogers Network is capable of supporting HD Voice for devices that are HD voice compliant. Customers with handsets that support HD voice will experience clearer call quality and enhanced suppression of background noise. This feature is only available between two 3G/4G handsets on our network that are both HD voice compliant.

iPhone owners have long-battled the conflicting needs to show off their sexy device, while at the same time protecting it–but doing both has always proven to be quite difficult. The folks at Taiwan-based Acase, however, seem to have found a perfect balance–and at an excellent price point. Both the lightweight Citta and slightly more rugged SuperLeggera PRO allow you to add some protection to your beautiful new iPhone 5, but not at the expense of covering up too much of its sexy aluminum design–but the real feat was keeping the cost of both cases under $20. Intrigued? Click past the jump for all of the info…

Three days with an iPhone 5 may not be the most time in the world to experience everything properly, but, first impressions are just that – first impressions; and here’s what we are paying attention to.

The new iPhone 5 is sexy as hell. I went with black; and until I got a good look at the white variation, I was in heaven – the white version features a beautifyl silver lining which pops and comes across as much classier than the black and slate version. What about the rest?  Read on after the jump.