This Does Not Compute | REX: The World's Smallest PDA! @ThisDoesNotCompute | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
When most people think of personal digital assistants, they remember handheld devices with touchscreens or keyboards not too different from today's smartphones. REX pushed the boundaries of what an information organizer could be, but was it successful?
Sources:
Casio Digital Diary photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casio_Digital_Diary_SF-R20_open.JPG
REX desktop dock photo: applefritter.com/content/bringing-rolodex-rex-3-back-life
"Small Wonder," PC Magazine, December 2, 1997.
Electronics Boutique catalog scan: huguesjohnson.com/scans/EBChristmas97/pc-productivity.html
Radio Shack organizer photo: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1191584
REX in packaging photo: ebay.com/itm/255686800109
"REX: The Next Generation," PC Magazine, September 22, 1998.
"Xircom Buys Rex Organizer and USB Businesses," techmonitor.ai/technology/xircom_buys_rex_organizer_and_usb_businesses
"Smallest PDA Gets Bigger Inside," PC Magazine, February 6, 2001.
"Xircom unveils world's smallest PDA," InfoWorld, November 27, 2000.
REX 6000 photo: twitter.com/mroach/status/1154094719150018561
"Motorola nets itself a Starfish," InfoWorld, July 20, 1998.
"Intel buys modem maker Xircom for $748 million," InfoWorld, January 22, 2001.
"Intel discontinues Rex organizer line," web.archive.org/web/20020220213235/sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/08/21/financial1857EDT0353.DTL
Citizen DataSlim-2 box photo: static.mercdn.net/item/detail/orig/photos/m53769095700_3.jpg
Citizen DataSlim photo: aucfree.com/items/l515042610
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
When most people think of personal digital assistants, they remember handheld devices with touchscreens or keyboards not too different from today's smartphones. REX pushed the boundaries of what an information organizer could be, but was it successful?
Sources:
Casio Digital Diary photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casio_Digital_Diary_SF-R20_open.JPG
REX desktop dock photo: applefritter.com/content/bringing-rolodex-rex-3-back-life
"Small Wonder," PC Magazine, December 2, 1997.
Electronics Boutique catalog scan: huguesjohnson.com/scans/EBChristmas97/pc-productivity.html
Radio Shack organizer photo: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1191584
REX in packaging photo: ebay.com/itm/255686800109
"REX: The Next Generation," PC Magazine, September 22, 1998.
"Xircom Buys Rex Organizer and USB Businesses," techmonitor.ai/technology/xircom_buys_rex_organizer_and_usb_businesses
"Smallest PDA Gets Bigger Inside," PC Magazine, February 6, 2001.
"Xircom unveils world's smallest PDA," InfoWorld, November 27, 2000.
REX 6000 photo: twitter.com/mroach/status/1154094719150018561
"Motorola nets itself a Starfish," InfoWorld, July 20, 1998.
"Intel buys modem maker Xircom for $748 million," InfoWorld, January 22, 2001.
"Intel discontinues Rex organizer line," web.archive.org/web/20020220213235/sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/08/21/financial1857EDT0353.DTL
Citizen DataSlim-2 box photo: static.mercdn.net/item/detail/orig/photos/m53769095700_3.jpg
Citizen DataSlim photo: aucfree.com/items/l515042610
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Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
