Dell Targets Consumers with Music Player, TV

Run for cover: Dell will launch a music service and other consumer electronics products before the holidays, betting it can undercut rivals and steal market share, as it did with personal computers.

“Dell’s entrance into the music service market may help increase demand for PCs as customers upgrade their machines to handle the data-intensive tasks, said Victory Capital analyst Marty Shagrin.”

News.com: “Analysts, manufacturers and consumers have been waiting for the PC and consumer electronics markets to meet for some time and the recent proliferation of digital media, due in part to the falling prices of products that can record and play digital content, is causing many companies to step up their efforts.”

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