What does Apple think of dedicated hardware connected to an iOS device? I’ve seen other developers doing that for barcode scanners (Honeywell’s Captuvo 22), audio interfaces (Native Instruments’ audio interfaces, check “Traktor DJ for iPad” on App Store) and other hardware!
I mean, you guys could use an external wireless interface with Apple’s Camera/USB adapter… It would be necessary to write a whole software stack for getting the data from the device (I think), but maybe you could circumvent Apple’s lack of API by not using the internal wireless interface.
That opens a lot of possibilities. Let’s say, later, you could add support for a spectrum analyzer (like this: http://www.metageek.net/products/wi-spy/) and have nice SIR information, not only from the “visible” networks, but also from the hidden ones (the ones that don’t broadcast the SSID)!
I know it adds cost, adds an ugly dongle and requires the user to buy specific hardware… But for the ones that, like me, use NetSpot for professional site surveys, it would be an awesome solution!
