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Xircom Rex 5001 with Docking Station
 
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Xircom Rex 5001 with Docking Station

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Technical Details

  • Credit card-sized personal organizer
  • 9-line LCD screen
  • Compatible with today's most popular business and communication software
  • 512 KB memory
  • Slides into your PC's PCMCIA Type II slot for data synchronization
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Product Details

  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within 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.



Product Description

Access your information anywhere, anytime with the Xircom REX 5000/5001 . This credit card-size, wearable information accessory keeps you in touch, up-to-date, and on track wherever your business takes you, without even thinking about it. Its small, ultra-slim design with its crisp, easy to read screen, lets you add, view, and manage your crucial information.

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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
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...

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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
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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.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Lighter than Palm, syncs easily with Yahoo, August 17, 2000
By Cay Horstmann (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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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.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and unbeatable convenience
I remember buying a Psion palm computer, and then an Ipaq Pocket PC to use as an organizer.

But for ease and convenience, absolutely nothing beats the Rex. Read more

Published on October 26, 2001 by J. Wong

5.0 out of 5 stars Phone book, Calendar & To-Do list
This is the greatest solution to carrying around a Phonebook, Calendar and & To-Do list I have ever seen! Read more
Published on September 26, 2001 by Lynn E. Alexander

4.0 out of 5 stars correction
shangs75 wrote that the rex 5000 doesn't take addresses. It does. The box and website is missleading too bacause all you see is a name and a phone number, but actually there is a... Read more
Published on August 25, 2001 by BJH fan

3.0 out of 5 stars Not compatible or defective?
I could NEVER synchronize this thing with the PC. I use a Dell Optiplex GX1 with Windows NT 4.0, and it has Lotus Notes for e-mail and PIM. Read more
Published on May 15, 2001 by Sunny Jim

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money
I have recently purchased both the 5001 and the 6000 series REX, and found the 5001 to be more flexible in its synching options, and less delicate. Read more
Published on April 20, 2001 by B. Surkan

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Gadget
I purchased my REX over 1 year ago. It allows me to have all the data I have in Outlook with me at all times, and in my shirt pocket. Read more
Published on March 23, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Any REX Rocks
Given the state of electronics technology today, this is the *correct* size for a personal organizer. There's no reason not to make them this small. Read more
Published on March 23, 2001 by Michael C. Leugs

5.0 out of 5 stars Nifty little trooper
I just love this gadget. I've had my Rex for over two years now, and I pack it full of stuff! I use it to synchronize with my Outlook calendar, contacts, and notes features. Read more
Published on March 21, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Rex Pro - idiosyncratic, but compact, effective and charming
I've had my Rex Pro for about a year and its almost always with me. I initially got it for the schedule w/alarms, but now I use all the features every day. Read more
Published on February 12, 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars great little pda
it's great for phone numbers, calendar entries, tasks, it syncs with Outlook. the only fallback is that it doesn't store addresses of people. that's very annoying!
Published on January 11, 2001 by S. Sheen

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