Ironically, while Apple wasn’t (physically) present at the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES), there were more than enough companies peddling products specifically Made For iPads/iPhones (MFI). http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/05/best-ces-ever/

Here at Titoma we’re seeing a surge in requests from companies asking us us to design, develop, and manufacture products that in some form or another interact with the ubiquitous i-Products.

While in years past many gadgets were developed as standalone products, these days smart firms implement their idea on the Apple or Android hardware that people already have in their pockets, thus enormously speeding up sales and delivery by simply selling it as an app via the Apple store.

You’d think that’d be bad news for a hardware product developer like Titoma! But the disadvantage of just selling software is of course that a competitor can build a clone of your app even faster than you did. Having a hardware component to your product still constitutes a major barrier to entry, and buys you at least 6 months.

That’s why many people are now looking to make devices that use the Apple hardware as the core engine and add something to make a new, more valuable product—a bit like filling in the missing bite on the Apple logo. In this way you substantially reduce the cost of your device, while simultaneously boosting your marketing because many users are so in love with their Apple products that they will buy anything that extends their device’s functionality.....Read the whole article here http://www.titoma.com.tw/Filling%20in%20that%20Missing%20Bite.php

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