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is that time again everyone from fan boys and girls to industry veterans are counting the hours to Tuesday's ipad event in San Francisco what will and won't we see Apple's invitation with its tagline we still have a lot to cover dropped one not-so-subtle hint Apple hasn't really changed the Smart Cover in two years it basically came out the ipad 2 so we're kind of just expecting new colors they're not really going to go the same distance that Microsoft is adding things like a battery or a keyboard or a trackpad things that make it more of a laptop just in time for the holidays the full-size iPad is expected to get a makeover with slimmer sides as for the ipad mini apple could revamp its screen maybe a retina display which has more pixels in it but at the same size another possibility is that Apple will carry over a new and popular iPhone feature to the iPad line the big unknown is whether it'll have the same touch ID technology lets you sign in and bypass your password with just your fingerprint that's something that came out in the iphone 5s last month and kind of has changed the way you unlock your device's last year brought the ipad mini could this year bring an iPad Maxie don't count on it there have been rumors of a 13-inch sides which would be like what you get with laptops but I don't think we're going to see that this year you'll also need to play the waiting game if you're watching out for an iWatch it's too early to start counting down to 2014 or is it in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet for CBS News