BC-US-TEC--Apple-iPad Mini, 1st Ld-Writethru,194 Reports: Smaller iPad to be revealed Oct. 23 reldate(2012-10-12T21:17:28 Eds: Minor edits. Adds Apple’s closing stock price. By The Associated Press Apple Inc. is set to reveal a smaller, cheaper version of the iPad at an event on Oct. 23, according to several reports published Friday. The reports from Bloomberg News, Reuters and the AllThingsD blog are based on unnamed sources “familiar with the plans.” Apple Inc. hasn’t said anything about a smaller tablet, a concept company founder Steve Jobs derided two years ago. But company-watchers have assumed for months that an “iPad mini” will appear …