Another possibility is that Facebook would finally commit to the iPad platform and release a native app for it.

For whatever reason, the social networking site has left the task of iPad development to third parties -- much to the chagrin of some users. Obviously, the Facebook iPad experience leaves a little to be desired, and social networking by Apple's tablet is certainly not as good as if Facebook's coders did it themselves.

Zuckerberg is said to be working closely with developers on crafting the user experience of , so a press conference with him playing a major role makes sense.

But then again, developers may want to wait for the completion of Project Spartan before releasing the app -- no reason to recode it for any necessary changes.