Facebook Acquires Feature Phone App Maker Snaptu

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 20, 2011 @04:08PM from the hut-hut-hut dept.

Krystalo writes "Facebook has agreed to acquire Snaptu, an Israeli startup that makes Java-based feature phone apps, for an estimated $70 million. The acquisition, for which neither company would reveal financial details, is expected to close within a few weeks. Earlier this year, Facebook worked with the mobile development firm to build a feature phone app that is accessible free of data charges in various overseas markets. The company says the Facebook for Feature Phones app currently works on more than 2,500 devices."

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Re:WTF . . . by MichaelKristopeit425 · 2011-03-20 17:12 · Score: -1, Troll

but it's perfectly ok to reference "smart phones"?
you're an ignorant hypocrite.
cower in my shadow behind your chosen superiority based pseudonym some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.