title: RFID Reader for Mobile Devices
body: <p>I've been asked to develop an app with the core functionality of reading RFID chips in pets and checking those identification numbers against a database through some web service. </p>
  
  <p>I was first directed towards <a href="http://www.icarte.ca/">iCarte</a>, supposed maker of an NFC/RFID Reader accessory for iPhone. I sent them an email that was immediately returned due to them exceeding their mailbox quota, so I suppose they are out of business?</p>
  
  <p>Other solutions come in the form of Bluetooth ready readers, like those from <a href="https://serialio.com/">Serialio</a>. Demos show data being read into iOS's Notes app or some grid app. I haven't developed iPhone apps in a while... is the <a href="http://dedegroup.tumblr.com/post/14177518904/bluetooth">Bluetooth API</a> available? How about for Android? Could I read from the Bluetooth reader straight into an app? </p>
  
  <p>What other options are there?</p>