Dell Supports The Advancement of Wearable Technology in Light Of Declining PC Market

Computer maker Dell has been struggling with sales of its PCs ever since people have started tightening their belts as a result of the waning economy. Like many others electronics makers like Samsung, Apple and Google, Dell has noticed that, although the desktop market is declining, the mobile market is increasing, which has made the company take a serious look at wearable tech.

Sam Burd, Dell's global vice-president of personal computing told The Guardian "we're exploring ideas in that space," in reference to wearable tech.

The idea of computers that people can wear on their person has been the hottest emerging topic in the tech industry. Google began the boom with the announcement of its augmented reality device The Google Glass. Since then thousands of people have begun testing the device to perfect it for Google before regular consumption. Meanwhile, Apple has been long rumored to be developing a smartwatch device called the "iWatch." Samsung, Sony and Foxconn have all debut or are rumored to debut similar wrist devices as well. It would make sense for Dell to get involved in the wearable tech industry. Mobile tablets and smartphones are quite established in by various companies and the PC maker might find it hard to break into the market there. However, wearable devices are a new enough area for anyone to throw his or her hat in.

"There are challenges in cost, and how to make it a really good experience," Burd told the Guardian. "But the piece that's interesting is that computers are getting smaller. Having a watch on your wrist - that's pretty interesting, pretty appealing."

The revelation about wearable technology comes off of the news Dell will be preparing to take the company private in response to shrinking sales.

"Looking ahead five years, we expect devices and form factors to continue to change. There will still be a need for 'static' computing on desktops, but there will be a real need for mobile devices. There's a lot of discussion about how that fits into wearable devices like we've seen with Google Glass and watches. We're looking at a world of lots of connected devices."