MIAMI, Nov. 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- E-Rex, Inc. (OTCBB:EREX) announced today that the Longwood Police Department located in Seminole County Florida will field test the Company's award-winning six-in-one prototype device, Dragonfly. The Department's patrol division will test Dragonfly in a pilot program designed to fully empower officers in the field with mobile access to the Internet and e-mail, coupled with plain paper color printing, faxing, scanning and copying, all built into one wireless-ready device.
The Longwood Police Department is a forty-man agency charged with protecting a diverse community which includes four main highway arteries, five schools and nearly two thousand businesses, all within a jurisdiction containing a daytime population of over seventy thousand. With a tap on Dragonfly's touch screen, officers in the testing program will be able to wirelessly access the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System and the Department of Motor Vehicles databases all over a secure CDPD network.
"In a time when financial constraints prevent an agency from adding new officers, we must rely more and more on new technologies like Dragonfly to help us better protect our citizens," stated Longwood Police Chief, Tom Jackson. "We are pleased to participate in the project and we plan to invite other state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to join us in reviewing the capabilities of Dragonfly as a potential new weapon in the war against terrorism."
"We feel that Dragonfly's unique ability to print, scan, store and share vital information can be a tremendous benefit to law enforcement agencies worldwide," stated Carl Dilley, E-Rex President and CEO. "We plan to use the data gathered from this and other field test participants to enhance Dragonfly's marketability to potential partners and to ultimately help us build a better product for the end-user."
About E-Rex, Inc. and Dragonfly
A Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner, E-Rex, Inc. is a development stage technology company dedicated to the future production of user-friendly smart devices and direct information and Internet access products targeted at the mobile and wireless enterprise market.
Awarded Best of Show at Planet PDA 2002, the Company is presently developing Dragonfly. The first Windows-powered mobile device combining wireless access to the Internet and e-mail integrated with built-in color printing, scanning, faxing and copying capabilities. Its features allow mobile workers to stay connected to mission-critical data while providing the added ability to scan in images and output photos and documents on plain paper and in full color. Additional details on the Company and Dragonfly can be found online at http://www.e-rex.net.
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