Facebook partners with Snaptu, presents Facebook app for low-end handsets

Facebook in partnership with Snaptu has announced the launch of a new “Facebook for Feature Phones app” for low-end cellphones. The app is expected to run on more than 2,500 cellphones from the likes of Nokia, Sony Ericsson and LG. The application is said to incorporate a home screen similar to the ones on smartphones including contact synchronization, faster scrolling of photos and status updates.
In order to introduce the new app to mobile users, Facebook has reportedly signed up 14 mobile carriers across the globe to offer free access to the new Facebook mobile app for 90 days from today - in India, that will be Reliance, and GSM and CDMA subscribers will get free data access for this launch period - irrespective of when the user downloaded the app, the trial period will end after 90 days from the day of launch.