Old-fashioned phones still matter to Facebook

While many of us are keeping up with the Jones' and run out to by the new "it" phones many forget that theres still a wide majority of those that still use a Fred Flinstone phone. In order to keep everyone happy and socially connected, Facebook has created an app to help the "slower" generation keep up.

Last week's announcement of the new Facebook app for feature phones was a much-needed high-profile reminder that feature phones matter -- and that they probably will continue to play a powerful role in the mobile landscape for several years to come.

It's also an indication that, in terms of what users can do with their phones, the line between feature phones and smartphones has been blurring for some time. From the perspective of most mobile users, this difference may be becoming less important or meaningful.

The new Facebook app is built to work on the Snaptu Java-enabled feature phone app platform, which serves as an app library for feature phones. When feature phone users install the free Snaptu software on their phone, they gain access to many apps.

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