Dell’s Pull-Out From MP3 Player Market: Why?
Getting out of failed ventures is an acceptable move which no company can avoid, even if it is the mighty Dell. So, when Dell announced that it would be scrapping its failed Digital Jukebox line of hard-drive MP3 players recently, it really was not that surprising. As a reason for the move, Dell stated that it “…saw an opportunity to streamline and consolidate our (Dell’s) portfolio.”
But a deeper analysis of Dell’s withdrawal wasn’t provided, so it’s nice to have one from Guardian Unlimited. Guardian Unlimited does a short review (or rather, critique) of Dell’s entrance and pull-out from the hard-drive MP3 player market - underlining the iPod’s superiority in today’s United States MP3 market.
As a conclusion, Guardian Unlimited questions the viability of Dell’s online music store service. At least, that’s what I can extract from this: “No word yet on whether the Dell online music store, launched at the same time as the Dell DJ, will survive, or for how long.”
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[…] This assertion stems all the way from Hewlett-Packard (HP)’s recent resurgence in PCs, servers and even printers to Dell’s dependence on a slowing PC market. Dell’s lack of success in breaking into the consumer products market (e.g. Dell’s almost complete pull-out from the MP3 player market dominated by Apple) is probably another contributing factor. And let’s not forget the other brand-names vying for a piece of Dell’s PC market share (Read: Acer). […]