From my research it seems Apple is OK with BTLE but not BT-classic. So, yes, I can use BTLE, but I'm kicking around if the costs be a USB connection are worth it. BT has huge advantages for me but a lot more programming on the native app side.
I need someone that's done firmware programming, web programming including SQL and intensive JavaScript, and also native app programming... Seems like that's going to be a hard person to find :/