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Dec 10 2007 12:00am EDT

Dell: Trying Again to Break Out of Just Computers?

Stuff floating around about Dell maybe doing a smart phone.

Wonder if Dell can pull it off. It's record so far in trying to generate any kind of business that's not desktops or laptops has been abominable. Dell's Digital Jukebox came and went with a plop. Dell's Axim handheld PDA -- same fate. Died this April. Dell is still in the printer business but is very much a minor player.

So product line extensions have not exactly been the company's strong suit...

DellDigitalJukebox.jpg

(The late Digital Jukebox)

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