Feature phone with Facebook app

Facebook app for feature phones

It’s really a good
news for users of feature phone. The Social network Facebook announced to
launch their application in a feature phones (low computing ability) which is
exclusively designed for these phones only because as per June 2010 stats 79%
of cell phone users in Asia are using feature phones instead of smart phones.
This application promotes Facebook messages, events , pictures, news, feeds and
profile etc. We are moving in one motto that we need to develop applications
for all kind of users that is our responsibility as a Global company.

The Facebook is trying to get more closer to the people for
that reason they launched his application in feature phones and providing the
application almost like the application resembles in smart phone which includes
home screen navigation, contact syncing and also they can give photos and
recent updates. And another interesting news is that for this application there
is no incurring data charges. The application is available in the following
countries and trying to launch in more networks.

Dialog (Sri Lanka)
Life (Ukraine)
Play (Poland)
StarhHub (Singapore)
STC (Saudi Arabia)
Three (Hong Kong)
Tunisiana (Tunisia)
Viva (Dominican Republic)

And the application will be available
soon in the given countries with their concerned networks

Mobilicity (Canada)

Reliance (India)

Telcel (Mexico)

TIM (Brazil)

Vivacom (Bulgaria)

“ The Facebook Phones application
works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia, Sony Ericson, LG and other
manufacturers, and it was built in close co operation with Snaptu”. This
statement was written on Facebook Blog by company’s mobile program manager Mark
Heyen.