End of MFI ? Cable to Arduino and others [closed]

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I am interested in the MFI made for iPod program, and found

This $59 Cable Lets You Connect iPhone to Arduino — No Jailbreaking!

Programming iPhone Sensors Book

I have ordered the cable and will check it. But the question is how would this influence on my device working with that cable or a clone with out apple approval of MFI?

Is this apple response to android hardware dev openness?

Edit: im interested in the software side, in the approval for the appstore, as the normal expensive approval for the MFI is not in my plans right now...

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I think you can do what you want with the serial RX/TX pins of the 30-pin-dock, i've communicate with arduino without the mentioned cable, i've done this just by opening the 30-pin-dock and by reorder the cables in the right pins (by default the cable uses the USB serial communication); for example i'm able to read the temperature value of an thermometer connected to the arduino and display the value in the iPhone screen. Be aware that this type of apps can be rejected if you haven't enroll the MFI program. For these apps you have to use the EA Framework not the standard serial access(/dev/tty.iap).

Hope this helps.