Developer concepts include both hardware and software, and in addition to the Loomo SDK, Segway will offer its partners a bay that allows adding on hardware accessories.
But unlike Palm products, the Visor accepts add-on hardware modules that adapt it for different functions.
The new board also lowers power consumption, which should make battery-powered projects easier, while improving the audio output quality and adding more possibilities for expansion with add-on hardware like cameras and microphones.
In addition to taking a cut of software sales, the firm might also benefit from users' desire to buy add-on hardware.
Others will also be at the show promoting add-on hardware designed to help players adapt to a more immersive form of gaming.
In this category we find RT-Link [7] which considers that global synchronization is based on an add-on hardware consisting of a radio module for synchronization in indoor environments and an atomic clock receiver for outdoor operation.
There's also a suite of fleet management and routing tools, which Tesla says would ordinarily require third-party add-on hardware to incorporate into a car.
PayPal is debuting Beacon, a new add-on hardware device for merchants that leverages bluetooth technology to enable consumers to pay at stores completely hands-free.
August's DoorSense feature, which uses magnetic, easy-to-install add-on hardware to let you know if your door is open or closed, is also a very smart thing you won't find with most other locks.
Dealers will provide the device to end users, providing installation for the add-on hardware, which will then cost users $16.99 per month for 24 months to get telematics services including remote key fob (via smartphone), car location and vehicle health alerts.
