Microsoft set to unveil something 'MAJOR' on Monday
 

Mashable.com just received an invite to another Microsoft Press Conference in LA and it is said to be some 'Major' announcement.

Could it be the next Xbox?

Could they be following the footsteps of Apple with keeping a tight lip on everything and then just coming out of the closet with a bang?

I would guess the new version of Windows. They won't announce the new Xbox for the same reason they didn't announce it at E3 -- they don't want to lose sales before the Holiday.

Look for an announcement of the new Xbox in Q1 of next year.

There have been a few guesses tossed around...

1. Some big news about Windows 8
2. New Microsoft Tablet (see: windows8)
3. Microsoft acquires Yammer

I would hope it is none of these.

Windows 8 has been beat around the block so much that I dont think it is that. We know so much about it that holding a major press conference seems almost pointless.

The tablet I could see.

An acquisition of a new company/product I could see as well.

But why would you call a press conference for something you could easily announce on a press release. Seems kind of fishy.

Do I think it is a new console. No, I dont, I agree with EvAv. I dont think it would hurt this holiday sales as much as it would hurt the next years. I plan on buying the games I planned on buying with or without that console announcement. So we shall see. I am kind of excited, I hope they dont let us down.

WinPhone 2?

I can't wait for the bitter disappointment when it's a new Zune.

I think it is a tablet event. Probably hands on for the press with this one.

Since it is unknown until observed, the announcement is both a disappointment and a amazement. And no, the fact that Microsoft knows does not collapse the probability wave--they're not really human and you know it.

The word I heard is that they'll be showing off the WindowsRT OS which is designed for ARM-based tablets. Nothing interesting, in other words.

Quantum Physics suggests that this event is currently both an announcement of the release of the third Xbox, and a Windows 8 tablet event. Also...an ice cream social.

Ah the rumors the rumors. I love it.

Kinect + xbox games on windows 8.

Xbox 720 in December 2012.

Very doubtful.

I wish that was true...but they would have announced it at E3. I think it will be the win8 tablet, something that most won't care about.

Major Nelson's retirement. HA HA HA, HA.

Xbox could use a new face for Xbox. A more active one too.

Windows RT announcement, I can buy that one.

The ice cream social is still an unobserved event and the ice cream socialess model is a more efficient theorem.