Dell exec declines comment on talk of mobile phone

ROUND ROCK, Texas (Reuters) - A Dell Inc executive said on Thursday the computer maker has room to be more experimental with consumer gadgets, but he declined to comment on whether it plans to sell mobile phones.

"There's nothing to comment on at this point," said Alex Gruzen, senior vice president of Dell's consumer product group, in response to a question at the company's analyst meeting near Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas.

"At the end of the day, we are about connecting customers, whether it's at their business or their home," Gruzen said. He added that the company's PC-based relationships with mobile wireless carriers had "created enormous opportunities."

Some analysts have said Dell, the world's second-largest PC maker after Hewlett-Packard Co, is poised to enter the mobile phone market as it expands its consumer business. Gruzen said a number of obstacles have been removed in Dell's consumer business, giving it "room to be a bit more experimental" with products.