{"id":10381,"date":"2011-11-11T15:32:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/enterprise-digital-assistant\/"},"modified":"2011-11-11T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:35:22","slug":"enterprise-digital-assistant","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24234\/enterprise-digital-assistant-eda","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Digital Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_enterprise_digital_assistant_mean\">What Does Enterprise Digital Assistant Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An enterprise digital assistant (EDA) is a mobile device that looks like a smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA) but has superior connectivity options and a more rugged build. EDA devices are designed for warehouse and field personnel, health care practitioners and similar types of users.<\/p>\n<p>EDAs are built with typical smartphone features and additional data connectivity and collection options.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_enterprise_digital_assistant\">Techopedia Explains Enterprise Digital Assistant<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>EDAs are used in rugged environments and designed accordingly, per the following special features: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Higher Military Standard (MIL-STD) drop and tumble specifications<\/li>\n<li>Broader ranges for operating and storage temperatures<\/li>\n<li>Better waterproofing capabilities <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The Motorola ES400 is an EDA device that includes a resistive touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, fingerprint scanner, one-click data capture and camera that also serves as a bar code reader. Most smartphones have capacitive touch screen displays that accept finger gestures, but the ES400 operates via a stylus that is used to accept signatures and facilitate data entry, such as inventory updates and product orders. <\/p>\n<p>The EDA camera feature may be used to scan bar code data for EDA application processing and transmission to a backend database through a wireless network like third generation (3G) or Wi-Fi. The database then retransmits inventory data to the EDA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Enterprise Digital Assistant Mean? An enterprise digital assistant (EDA) is a mobile device that looks like a smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA) but has superior connectivity options and a more rugged build. EDA devices are designed for warehouse and field personnel, health care practitioners and similar types of users. 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