UPS, the mega-ton behemoth of commercial transportation, is deploying DIAD IV, the fourth generation of driver handheld computers the carrier began in 1985.

UPS and Honeywell International announced Wednesday they are creating a new device – called the DIAD V, or Delivery Information Acquisition Device, fifth-generation.

A UPS driver taking packages to a Latch-enabled building receives a unique credential on a handheld UPS DIAD (Delivery Information Acquisition Device). The credential works only for a specific ...