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From the Google cache of their site, they claim their product works with any ANT+ compatible sensor. ANT is the same wireless protocol used by the Nike+ sensor
by pmorici 16y ago
From the Google cache of their site, they claim their product works with any ANT+ compatible sensor. ANT is the same wireless protocol used by the Nike+ sensor. There aren't any public APIs in the iPhone SDK to access the iOS devices built-in ANT receiver so my guess is they are using undocumented APIs possibly to gather data from these bike sensors which Apple would presumably have a problem with.
- rue 16y agoANT+ is not the same as ANT. Apart from that, you may be correct unless the bastards are doing a C&D on "grounds" of their frivolous bike stuff patent application. Edit: paragraph.
- pmorici 16y agoANT+ is built on top of ANT if I've read the documentation correctly.
- rue 16y agoANT is not a single standard as such. Manufacturers had their own incompatible versions of ANT. ANT+ on the other hand is a standard so that any ANT+ capable devices will be able to communicate with eachother. I assume there is some intellectual heritage, but the two are distinct.
- timdorr 16y agoBut why would they have to take down their website? That would be an issue in their app, not in the website itself.
- pmorici 16y agoDon't want to advertise something that might not be able to exist in it's current form, who knows. When you enter the legal realm people act in strange ways.
- tlrobinson 16y agoBecause it's a good publicity stunt? I certainly hadn't heard of them before this.
- barlo 16y agoNor had I, and now I want it. That's a job well done, marketing-wise.
- gmurphy 16y agoI thought their product used a hardware cradle that contained the ANT receiver and presumably communicated over the dock connector, so that they wouldn't have had to use any built-in receivers.