From Mobile magazine's Top 100 Forgotten Gadgets: The Readers' Revenge:
Why it didn't make the original list: A few years ago, our beloved REX went AWOL, along with a maxed-out MasterCard and a tattered library card. We'd have looked for it, but the memory was too painful. Why it should have: The REX may have been Philippe Kahn's last, best stroke of genius. It was a tiny organizer, just big enough to fit into a PC Card slot for synchronizing with your PC. Sure, the screen was small and the buttons maddeningly miniscule, but this was the most portable PDA then or since. Sadly, in 1999 Franklin sold its REX business to Xircom, which promptly drove the product into the ground. We're still waiting for a resurrection.
I had one of these for a long time, and would probably still have one if they still made them. A terrific little piece of technology.
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