( Mashable ) -- Facebook has just announced a new mobile application designed specifically for feature phones . The app will give feature phone users access to Facebook messages , events , pictures , news feeds , profiles and more . The app gives users a better , almost smartphone-like Facebook experience that includes simple homescreen navigation , contact syncing and fast scrolling of updates and photos . Users will be able to use the Facebook app without incurring data charges . The app is available on the following carriers in the following countries and will launch on more networks and in more areas soon : . Dialog ( Sri Lanka ) Life ( Ukraine ) Play ( Poland ) StarhHub ( Singapore ) STC ( Saudi Arabia ) Three ( Hong Kong ) Tunisiana ( Tunisia ) Viva ( Dominican Republic ) Other carriers and countries slated to be available soon are Mobilicity ( Canada ) , Reliance ( India ) , Telcel ( Mexico ) , TIM ( Brazil ) and Vivacom ( Bulgaria ) . On the Facebook blog , the company 's mobile program managerMark Heynen writes , `` The Facebook for Feature Phones app works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia , Sony Ericsson , LG and other manufacturers , and it was built in close cooperation with Snaptu . '' Among the digerati , we tend to forget that smartphone users are not , in fact , the majority of cellphone owners . As of June 2010 , feature phone owners make up a full 79 percent of all mobile phone owners . That number is even higher in countries like China and India . As a global company with a strong presence in countries around the world -- and a strong desire to dominate in markets outside the U.S. -- Facebook has a responsibility to develop applications for all kinds of users . Other companies are still innovating in the feature phone space , and we 're glad to see that Facebook is starting to keep up . © 2011 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
Facebook has just announced a new mobile application for feature phones . The app gives users a better , almost smartphone-like Facebook experience . Users will be able to use the Facebook app without incurring data charges .