Arduino Communication with iOS

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Alright, here's the deal. I recently got my Arduino Uno r3 delivered in the mail. After tinkering for awhile, I'm looking for the next step, so I've also just ordered one of these little buggers: HC-06 Wireless bluetooth Transceiver RF Main Module Serial Geekcreit for Arduino Sale - Banggood USA

So my question is, with this little module, can I write an iPhone app that will connect to my Arduino and send data between the two? Also, if this is indeed possible, is there any way someone can point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance for any help.

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mfusaro:
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So my question is, with this little module, can I write an iPhone app that will connect to my Arduino and send data between the two?

No.

You need to do some research on Bluetooth 4 devices, which I believe can be made to work with IOS, or get an Android , which will work just fine with an HC-06.

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As Nick said the strict answer to your question is .... no. iPhone bluetooth isn't unlocked in a way that just lets you do whatever you want.

However I have successfully connected an arduino to an iPhone via the headphone port using this tutorial:

Now that only sends data from the Arduino to the iPhone. You can get two way communicator if you set it up correctly but I haven't tried that myself. But the Arduino -> iPhone stuff only took an evening of fiddling round once I had the components so I doubt it'd be that hard. I didn't save the bookmark for two way communication so I don't have a link handy, but google should find it pretty quick if you're keen.