Xircom Rex 5001 with Docking Station

by Xircom

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SZ9F
• Item model number: REX5001
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Xircom Rex 5001 is a credit-card-size personal assistant that readily plugs into your PC's card slot or the serial port or REX docking station to share data and quickly synchronize information. The highly readable nine-line LCD screen and intuitive six-button interface let you add, view, and manage information on the road and in the office. The system allows easy review and access to contacts with names, numbers, and addresses, and allows you to organize your time and keep track of appointments and task lists anywhere you travel.

The Rex 5001 runs for up to six months without needing fresh batteries or a recharge (it requires two CR2025 lithium batteries). The clock provides the correct time, no matter where you are in the world, and has an alarm to keep you on schedule. Although the Xircom REX 5001 does not require a PC, you'll want to network to capitalize on every benefit this organizer has to offer. Share your notes from the road with your desktop or notebook. The calendar tracks daily, weekly, and monthly data at a glance. Personal memos, notes, and much more information are all a touch away.

Xircom offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rex Pro Your flexible friend...., June 26, 2000

By 

Rob White (England, Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Xircom Rex 5001 with Docking Station (Office Product)

I have owned a Rex Pro now for 18 months and have found it very useful. It's size means that it fits easily in my wallet and the syncronisation with Outlook 97/98 and 2000 is superb. I realised just how good it was when the batteries went flat I had to live a day without it!

My only concerns to give to future buyers would be... 1. Buy the optional hard cover to stop it flexing in your pocket, it feels very easy to break and even though I have got the hard cover I've managed to damage my screen, although it still works! 2. The interface when undocked in rubbish. Typing into this device is a clumsy and offen tedious experience, don't as I have try to take down messages while somebody talks to you!

Even with these problems the fact that you can carry it anywhere without even trying makes it well worth the money...

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best at what it does, what it is, May 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Xircom Rex 5001 with Docking Station (Office Product)

An excellent, minimalist interface in a PC Card format. Tiny, wearable, perfect for a no-frills organizer, Rex is approximately parallel to the functionality found in a Palm's four main buttons (calendar, address book, to-dos, memos). The Rex adds a few more tricks like a two-clock multi-timezone view, but can't run third-party software, do email, write with a stylus, or beam via IR. But if you're looking for an organizer you're not necessarily looking for those features. The real downside for me is the slow (though passable) data entry when away from a computer. The upside is that, lacking a touchscreen interface, the view on the Rex is razor sharp.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lighter than Palm, syncs easily with Yahoo, August 16, 2000

By 

Cay Horstmann (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xircom Rex 5001 with Docking Station (Office Product)

A long time ago, I had the original Rex and I liked it, except it was a bother not being able to do any editing at all. I switched to the Palm V after losing the Rex in a cab.

I got frustrated with my Palm V. I wanted it everywhere, so I carried it in my pocket (without a carrying case--it was already too heavy). I ended up messing up the metal contacts in the back and now it has trouble syncing.

With this Rex model, editing is possible (although not pleasant). And, what I found out is that I can completely skip any local software except the sync program. I can just keep all my data on Yahoo and synch them down. That's great--I am usually connected to the internet, so updating the Yahoo data is easy. And I don't have to clutter up my PC with another hefty and flaky app.