Crazy Consumer Electronics World: Now sources say the Surface Mini will actually launch in June

Mere hours after one report said Microsoft's Surface Mini will arrive this month, another crops up to push our expectations back a few weeks.

It appears that Microsoft has a press event scheduled for May 20, and while it's not clear exactly what will be announced there the Surface branding on the invitation and other clues suggest it's the Surface Mini.

But will the smaller Surface tablet launch on May 20 as well?

On the contrary, Neowin, which claims to have spoken with mysterious sources, is saying the Surface Mini will actually launch in June.

OneNote to rule them all

The Surface Mini will reportedly come with a stylus, and interestingly it's said to be all but ready to launch, waiting only on an official unveiling from Microsoft.

It's also supposed to be the ultimate tablet for note-taking, according to previous reports.

That tidbit came with speculation that Microsoft's OneNote app might have special functionality on the Surface Mini, and now Neowin says that OneNote will in fact be "baked deep into the platform," though it's not yet clear exactly how.

This report also reiterates that the new Surface Mini will be around 8 inches and ARM-based with Windows RT, and though it won't have a kickstand built in it will have covers and cases with their own stands.

We'll know in a couple weeks whether all these whispers and murmurs will pan out, but until then expect these reports to keep popping up.