Symbol, which is best known for handhelds with built in bar-code readers, has launched a new range that could give some much-needed impetus to the TLA (three-letter abbreviation) industry. The TLA in question is, of course, EDA, or "enterprise digital assistant".
As the press release so eloquently puts it: "Symbol Technologies, Inc, The Enterprise Mobility Company (TM), today introduced the first in a new family of durable enterprise digital assistant (EDA) products specifically designed for business essential applications within the enterprise environment. Targeting the growing mobile enterprise market, the new Symbol MC50 mobile computer was created for mobile workers within organizations that are seeking to capture, move and manage information at the point of business activity in order to increase productivity and efficiency, while improving customer responsiveness and satisfaction."
Forrester Research defined the EDA back in September and Wyse launched some EDA's in October, but the shortage of Google hits suggests EDA is struggling to take off in the TLA stakes.
Counterattacks can be expected from the Electronic Design Association, the Economic Development Administration, the European Demolition Association and the powerful Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten.
