BETAVINE

Vodacom, South Africa’s leading cellular network, offers Betavine; an open application development community, which enables South African mobile application developers to develop widgets and applications with the full tool kit available at www.betavine.net

Quick Facts:

• Betavine.net is a place to experiment with new and emerging wireless and Internet technology
• The Betavine.net portal provides developers with an open forum for mobile developers to access resources, exchange knowledge and feedback with peers
• Betavine.mobi allows developers access to an end-user audience and receive feedback and ratings for the applications created
• The Betavine.net portal is technology agnostic
• Betavine's Widget Zone provides tools and support for the Vodafone Betavine community's developers
• Vodafone has launched Vodafone Apps Manager to let its customers access widgets
• Vodafone Apps Manager has been built to run on the Opera S60 platform and is available through Vodafone live! to around two million customers in a range of Vodafone’s major markets, including Germany, UK, Spain and South Africa.
• Nearly 12 000 developers have already joined the Betavine community