Now this news ought to heat up things in the mobile industry. A Zune phone may actually be in the making, reports Zune Boards.
A Zune software update was rolled out recently. The release encompassed the particulars of several flavors of compatible hardware. The standard assortments of Zune were observed, but two of the entries appeared to be noticeably unknown namely eEndpointFamilyPmxPure and eEndpointFamilyPmxTurtle. These two items could be pointing towards the Pure and Turtle, codenames for the two handsets arriving from Microsoft’s Pink project. Reportedly, PMX represents Premium Mobile eXperiences.
Moreover, the Zune software may also comprise of two PMX-related string table entries, IDS_PMX_CACHED_CONTENT_WARNING and IDS_PMX_CACHED_CONTENT_URL. Out of all these indications, one can deduce that Pink may be the Zune phone. Also, a service known as studio could enable users to upload their video footage from their mobile camera.
Since PMX was not mentioned in the other updates of the software, it could signify that it may be doubtful that support for the new mobile phone may be completely executed. Furthermore, it’s still uncertain as to why there are three mobile phone entries mentioned in the infamous .inf file when there are only two Pink models that are acknowledged.
Users may however have to wait for more information to arrive on any definitive conclusion.