UPS to Upgrade Handheld Computers

Honeywell is helping UPS upgrade the handheld computers its drivers use.

The fifth generation of the mobile device, known as the DIAD V (Delivery Information Acquisition Device V), features cellular technology for on-the-fly switching between cellular carriers when a preferred carrier’s signal is lost.

At approximately half the size and weight of the DIAD IV, the new, more durable mobile computer will feature:
-- color display and microprocessor with expanded memory to support driver training and future applications like navigation.
-- camera to enhance proof-of-delivery
-- faster Wi-Fi support at 600 mbps
-- imager to decode package information and signatures

UPS will begin field testing the device in late 2010 and plans to begin a multi-year, global deployment In 2011.

Contact Thomas L. Gallagher at tgallagher@joc.com.