<s>
Betavine	B-Application
was	O
an	O
open	O
community	O
and	O
resource	O
website	O
,	O
created	O
and	O
managed	O
by	O
Vodafone	O
Group	O
R&D	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
development	I-Application
community	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
and	O
stimulate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
applications	B-Application
for	O
mobile	O
and	O
Internet	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Betavine	B-Application
website	O
allows	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
upload	O
and	O
profile	O
their	O
alpha-stage	O
and	O
beta-stage	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
provides	O
interaction	O
tools	O
for	O
members	O
to	O
share	O
knowledge	O
and	O
give	O
feedback	O
on	O
apps	O
,	O
and	O
discuss	O
topics	O
in	O
mobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Betavine	B-Application
also	O
contains	O
a	O
growing	O
resources	O
section	O
with	O
technical	O
topics	O
and	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Betavine	B-Application
website	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
open	O
source	O
components	O
so	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
resources	O
for	O
open	O
source	O
in	O
mobile	O
-	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Betavine	B-Application
Forge	O
where	O
developers	B-Application
can	O
share	O
code	B-Application
snippets	I-Application
,	O
post	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
collaborate	O
on	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recently	O
publicised	O
Vodafone	O
Mobile	O
Connect	O
Card	O
Driver	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
hosted	O
here	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
offers	O
a	O
virtual	O
Academy	O
where	O
new	O
developers	B-Application
can	O
learn	O
about	O
mobile	O
technology	O
and	O
how	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
mobile	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mission	O
stated	O
on	O
the	O
Betavine	B-Application
website	O
is	O
"	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
wider	O
development	O
community	O
in	O
imagining	O
,	O
developing	O
,	O
testing	O
and	O
launching	O
great	O
new	O
applications	B-Application
for	O
mobile	O
,	O
wireless	O
and	O
Internet	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
you	O
can	O
upload	O
your	O
own	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
showcase	O
your	O
work	O
and	O
get	O
useful	O
feedback	O
from	O
other	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vodafone	O
Betavine	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
internships	O
,	O
"	O
externships	O
"	O
and	O
competitions	O
for	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
now	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
competitions	O
on	O
Betavine	B-Application
,	O
some	O
for	O
students	O
only	O
,	O
some	O
for	O
anyone	O
who	O
cares	O
to	O
enter	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
are	O
being	O
run	O
by	O
partners	O
of	O
Betavine	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Betavine	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
mobile	O
internet	O
site	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
.mobi	O
domain	O
convention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stated	O
goal	O
of	O
launching	O
betavine.mobi	O
is	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
downloading	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
profiled	O
on	O
Betavine	B-Application
even	O
easier	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
help	O
end-users	O
find	O
apps	O
that	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
their	O
mobile	O
device	O
by	O
automatically	O
detecting	O
the	O
device	O
model	O
and	O
matching	O
that	O
with	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
technical	O
specs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Betavine	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
pilot	O
with	O
Vodafone	O
Spain	O
which	O
links	O
directly	O
to	O
betavine.mobi	O
from	O
the	O
Vodafone	O
Live	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
clear	O
from	O
the	O
download	O
figures	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
website	O
www.betavine.net	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
having	O
a	O
huge	O
positive	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
applications	B-Application
being	O
found	O
,	O
downloaded	O
,	O
and	O
being	O
given	O
feedback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Betavine	B-Application
is	O
inactive	O
and	O
site	O
is	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vodafone	O
Betavine	B-Application
runs	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GForge	B-Protocol
open-source	B-Application
collaborative	O
development	O
portal	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
host	O
mobile	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
,	O
code	B-Application
snippets	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
resources	O
for	O
developers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Asus	O
EEEPC	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
hugely	O
popular	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Vodafone	O
Connect	O
Card	O
linux	B-Application
driver	O
for	O
UMPC	O
(	O
Ultra	O
Mobile	O
PCs	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
getting	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Vodafone	O
Connect	O
Card	O
linux	B-Application
driver	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
has	O
now	O
been	O
rewritten	O
to	O
interoperate	O
with	O
Network	B-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
as	O
'	O
Betavine	B-Application
Connection	O
Manager	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
