Ken Pasley, director of wireless systems development at FedEx, described the PowerPad as an "industrial-strength" version of commercial Pocket PC hardware. He added that the bulk of the expected cost savings will result from the elimination of paperwork now done by the couriers at FedEx Express, the company's flagship package-delivery service. The couriers pick up and deliver a total of 3.5 million packages per day, and PowerPad is designed to save 10 seconds at each stop, Pasley said. FedEx is now testing the device and expects to complete the rollout over 18 months. The company's couriers currently use a low-memory store-and-forward device called the Super Tracker that FedEx also developed with help from Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola.