[personZ]

Three questions and a comment-

Q - is it really iBeacon? iBeacon is a specifically licensed "technology" from Apple (which, to go offtopic, should be avoided because it's intentionally exclusive and locked in, despite the existence of unsanctioned implementations on other platforms). BLE != iBeacon, just as Facetime != h264).

Q - Is it really manufactured in the USA?

Q - What are the in-app purchases? I'm not sure what functionality you could provide above and beyond that would merit an additional purchase.

C - I have a terrible eye for aesthetics, so take this with a grain of salt, but the fonts on the site really bring down the quality level and expectations.

[play_tagapp]

-Thanks for your feedback - yes to BLE! -we are still negotiating larger scale manufacturing but that is the ideal. -One example of an in-app purchase would be optional tools to organize your dog's life and changing the color of the LED, etc.

What font do you think would work better?

[k-mcgrady]

>> "iBeacon is a specifically licensed "technology" from Apple"

Any sources on this? I thought that was just Apple's name for their own BLE API's. i.e. iBeacon is their marketing term for BLE.

[personZ]

http://beekn.net/2014/07/ibeacon-for-android/

iBeacon is some interaction standards atop BLE, and early on everyone assuaged themselves that it was safe and open -- because it's just some BLE interactions -- but Apple has it covered by trademarks, patents (similar to Microsoft's ActiveSync patents, as an aside. It's just a web service, but use it in certain ways and you're at risk of a patent suit) and marketing.

[bdowling]

https://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/