Snaptu, the developer of applications for low end phones, officially shut down on December 26, 2011. Snaptu will focus on developing specific applications for Facebook, after the acquisitions made in March 2011. It is delivered TweetDeck in their official blog (www.snaptu.com).
TweetDeck is an application that can run on phones with a variety of platforms to access network-based services, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Picasa. Snaptu first developed in 2007 and based in London, England. Snaptu main goal is to provide Internet services on mobile phones to users who do not have a smartphone.
Starting today, Snaptu application service contains only the application to access Facebook on feature phone (low end phones) and mobile phones other than smartphones. If you've ever used before and try to access Snaptu Snaptu, you will be prompted to upgrade this application. It's easy as just following the guidelines from Snaptu then your application will be upgraded too.
In terms of features, nothing has changed on new applications for Facebook Snaptu this. Highly visible changes is the logo on the Snaptu application you have on the phone instantly turns into a logo Facebook when you sign out. And if you open the application again, you will go directly to the main menu Facebook.
From the data posted on the official blog, Facebook inject 60-70 million U.S. dollars for this acquisition. Acquisition announcement posted on March 20, 2011, just a lapse of five days from the announcement of partnership with LinkedIn. March 15, Snaptu said it will provide an application for LinkedIn. However, five days later announced the acquisition with justu Snaptu Facebook. That is, in the near future, LinkedIn and other applications will be closed. The most visible after the announcement of the acquisition with the Facebook Twitter app is closing in less than two weeks.
However, before the acquisition, since 2007 until March 2011, TweetDeck is an application that relied on feature phone users and other low-cost mobile devices. By accessing Snaptu, mobile users can have a variety of free applications on their phones.
Without a smart phone, users can get service applications are usually only available on smartphones for free on their mobile phones. No wonder if TweetDeck has more than 30 million users worldwide. Snaptu created 30 free applications for mobile users.
After one year of stand up, ten of the most widely used applications according to the Snaptu Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Cricinfo, MyMovies, Big Picture, Weather, News, Football / Soccer Scores, and Soduko.Kini applications are no longer available.
