In what could be a new assault on the market for handheld gadgets, Dell has agreed to acquire Zing Systems, a company that makes software for distributing and managing music on mobile devices. Zing’s technology allows portable media players to play, store, and navigate music from digital streams.

The planned acquisition, which was announced Monday, comes as Dell seeks ways to boost sales of computers and other computing devices to consumers, a market in which the U.S. manufacturer is struggling to grow. On Monday, Gartner noted in a report that Dell is losing market share to rivals that are gaining traction in the faster-growing home PC market.