Apple "to lauch" two new iPads in October as Amazon launches two new Kindles

Forget the iPhone 6! Apple is planning another mega event to launch two new iPads on 21 October.

Apple is also expected to launch OS X Yosemite, the next version of its Mac operating system.

In other tablet news, Amazon launched two new Kindle Fire HD tablets yesterday – a 7-inch model for $139 and a 6-inch model for only $99.

The 7-inch model, called Voyage, is the thinnest e-reader ever, weighing 180 grams.

The devices are available in blue, bright green, magenta, black, and white.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive, said: “The team has packed an incredible amount of technology and innovation into the new Fire HDX-an incredible HDX display, a powerful quad-core processor, a 70% faster graphics engine, exceptional audio, and faster Wi-Fi-and it’s still startlingly light. Fire HDX combines excellent hardware with exclusive features from Fire OS4 including Firefly, the Mayday button, Family Library, ASAP and more.”