MIAMI, Sept. 12, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) - Today, E-Rex, Inc. (OTCBB:EREX) announced that Dragonfly(tm), the Company's award-winning flagship product, will be showcased and demonstrated at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet Show and the third annual Windows Embedded DevCon, both events to be held in Las Vegas in October 2002.
Awarded Best Mobile Office Device at Planet PDA earlier this year, Dragonfly is the first Windows CE.NET powered mobile device providing wireless access to the Internet and E-mail integrated with built-in color printing, scanning, faxing and copying capabilities.
"An event designed to deliver a comprehensive look at wireless solutions, CTIA will be a perfect venue to exhibit our fully functional Mobile Office Platform to our target audience of CIOs, CTOs, CEOs, IT Directors and Managers, and Enterprise and Vertical Market end-users," stated Carl Dilley, E-Rex President. "We will also be demonstrating our prototype at Microsoft's DevCon, further expanding our participation as Microsoft Windows Embedded Partners while increasing our contact with leading VARs, OEMs, and other potential strategic partners."
Dragonfly Field Testing Scheduled for Q4 2002
Initial efforts to secure a manufacturing and marketing partnership for Dragonfly has led to the development of a field testing program targeting mobile workforces at leading organizations in the Insurance, Real Estate, Transportation, Pharmaceutical, and Field Sales and Service sectors, as well as agencies in Government and Law Enforcement. In the weeks ahead the Company intends to announce the specific participating organizations that have agreed to field-test Dragonfly as well as details on additional nationwide publicity efforts.
"By deploying Dragonfly in a real-world environment we hope to gather the needed market data to successfully position our unique product as the ultimate communications tool for the mobile and remote worker," stated Joe Pacheco, E-Rex's Chief Operating Officer. "Our development team expects to deliver 20 additional prototypes during November 2002 which E-Rex will allocate to potential alliances in the computer hardware, peripheral and wireless market segments and to top businesses interested in expanding their mobile and wireless strategies."
E-Rex will co-exhibit at CTIA 2002 with new partner Mobile Command Systems in booth No. 1414. Mobile Command Systems offers a printing device called NOMAD, primarily targeted at the route delivery market. In addition to the obvious cost savings from sharing an exhibit space, both companies will benefit from the shared exposure of their complimenting product lines. This partnering concept is a critical element of our Preferred Partner Program designed to increase the market striking power of Dragonfly, while controlling the cost of creation. The relationship with Mobile Command Systems is one of the resulting benefits from the company attending the PlanetPDA show in Boston last May.
"Mobile Command Systems is a perfect Preferred Partner for E-Rex and I am delighted to be working with them. With their line of mobile printing devices, they offer complimenting technology, while targeting non-competing markets. There are numerous synergies that both companies can benefit from," stated Mike Balduzzi, Executive Director of Business Development for E-Rex.
About E-Rex, Inc. and Dragonfly
A Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner, E-Rex, Inc. is a technology company dedicated to designing and the future production of user-friendly portable devices and direct Internet access products targeted at the mobile and wireless market.
Awarded Best of Show for Best Mobile Office Device at Planet PDA 2002, the Company's flagship product is called Dragonfly. It is the first combined Handheld PC and Document Manager, all in a stand-alone unit about the same size and weight as a laptop computer. Users can access the Internet and e-mail, color print on plain paper, copy, fax and scan, all from one wireless device.
Additional details can be found at http://www.e-rex.net
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