Bare Bluetooth Keyboard chips.. Recommendations?

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BT keyboards WERE closed, but Apple opened up to them around iOS 4 (don't quote me on that though).
The iPad would have created the expectation that a BT keyboard be functional.
BT keyboards definately work now... it's how the iCade joystick interacts with iDevices.
The iDevice thinks the iCade is a BT keyboard... I'm certain of this.

When you move the joystick UP, it sends a "W" character just as a keyboard would,
and it's up to the app developer who wants to support the iCade joystick to interpret
the characters as joystick movement (but there are already open libraries for this).
I'm sure you could just use a BT keyboard to play games with iCade support if it
weren't for the fact that the iCade sends another character when any button is released.

You can get MFI approved BT GPS devices, but that's different.
I just want to dodgy up my own GPS to send via any old keyboard chip.
NMEA sentences don't use any non-ASCII values, so everything the GPS sends
can be represented by keyboard key strokes.
It's a pity a fully functional serial port couldn't work this way.

The new Air Console device looks promising though.

I'm glad I've inspired you.
Maybe you will do the work of testing the thing out, and I'll definitely follow!

I do have info on the deal with Apple supported serial adapters such as those
supplied by Redpark for use with the Get Console app.
It's bad No other Apple approved developer can use it, even if someone totally figures it out!
There is another serial cable for controlling telescopes, and it's more or less the same hardware
with some firmware mod just to make the distinction between that cable, and any other, just so
the Redpark cable, and Skywire cable are not interchangeable... otherwise they certainly would be.
Sux eh?

The Redpark one works well with it's app.
I can even program a new message on my 144 LED message scroller I posted here,
using nothing other than my iPhone!
Totally sux that the s port is right there, but you can't use it.