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Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by kaio on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:25AM (#8097300)
I'm rather confused about the capabilities... the terms BLE and (i)Beacon seem to get mixed up several times on the website. So are there any benefits compared to other iBeacon provider (e.g. Roximity , which also comes with an API and Admin panel..)?

I really would love to see full-BLE enabled devices (GATT etc).

Edit: I stumbled upon the following sentence: "Once setup, Beacons will continuously broadcast a signal (similar to a radio station) to create a mesh network connected to our platform and API."

Is a bunch of emitting beacons _really_ a mesh network?

Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by tashoecraft on Monday July 28, 2014 @10:59AM (#8097098)
Their product is nice, but I'm waiting for it to improve. It isn't so much the functionality, but the quality of iBeacon itself. It rattles if you shake it, unlike any other Beacons we've tested. There isn't much weight to it and there is tons a wasted space. I know these things shouldn't be heavy, but they should feel like a nice product. I'd prefer not to be locked into their system, but I understand why they do it. My company has just preferred working with Accent Systems, but if Kontakt becomes less restrictive then we would reconsider them.
Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by aceperry on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:34PM (#8097797)
That seems to be the problem right now with most iBeacon makers, too much proprietary stuff out there. I think iBeacons can really take off if there were more open standards across the board.
Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by mychaelangelo on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:22AM (#8096525)
Not to be confused with audio software plugin with the same name - http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/sampl...
Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by julianpye on Monday July 28, 2014 @08:44AM (#8096359)
Congratulations to the team! Heard many good things about kontakt.io - we're about to testdrive various BLE vendors for an assistance platform for the elderly and will certainly give them a shot.
Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by maxniederhofer on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:09AM (#8096470)
Great. Lmk if I can facilitate an intro. You'd be joining a great list of customers: http://kontakt.io/our-customers/
Re:Kontakt.io beacon hardware and software company by jgh on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:06PM (#8097585)
Does Native Instruments have a problem with the name?