Beta Quotient: Connected Innovators

Fantastic news (from a betalogical point of view): about 83% of todays most innovative applications are released in beta*.

Michael Arrington hand picked 12 companies for the Connected Innovators program at Supernova 12, 10 of ‘em are in beta (or pre-beta):

Attensa
Ether* (zeta)
lifeio* (by invitation)
Netvibes*
PostApp* (private beta)
Protomobl* (beta later this month)
Sharpcast* (alpha)
Soonr*
StumbleUpon
Vpod.tv*
Webaroo*
ZiXXo*

(see the beta quotient for apps inspired by flickr and apps inspired by digg)