I often used to wonder if I would ever have an easy access to popular services varying from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Picasa to entertainment news, blogs, sports and local guides on my not-so advanced smart phone. I am sure many of us desire to have iPhone like applications on our rudimentary mobile phones. That's where Snaptu comes into the picture.

Snaptu is a free mobile Java application platform that works on every type of Internet-enabled phone. Instead of overloading your phone with lots of individual applications that slows the phone's functional speed and eats up your phone's space, you can install this stylish, speedy and efficient application that makes all popular services accessible to your phone. Its more like an app store for phones that do not come with app stores. More than 6 million users have Snaptu installed in their mobile phones.

The best part is the methodology Snaptu stems from-the applications run on the Internet servers and not on the mobile phone itself. Thus making this application more mobile friendly. It combines iPhone like interface with RSS feeds, Social Networking and other web services which makes it so useful and popular. 

Based in London, Snaptu was founded in 2007 by a group of experts from IT and Mobile Communication industries. Snaptu aims at improving the way the world uses the mobile web significantly.  As its website says 'Specifically, our goal is to help millions of mobile users access the web easily and quickly—regardless of the mobile phone they’re using. For online service providers, media companies and content owners we provide a large and rapidly growing global channel that requires little setup and no financial or technical investment.'

On 19th Jan,2011, Snaptu launched a new Facebook mobile application that brings smart phone-like usability to over 2,500 different types of mobile devices, including around 80% of the devices sold worldwide. Presently it has 3million+ monthly active users. Snaptu piles up more than 30 free applications including BBC News Reader, Cricinfo, Dictionary, Engadget, Facebook, Flickr, Gizmodo, Google Calender, Mashable, My Movies, Twitter, Weather Forecast and many more. Also more than 25 web links including eBay, ESPN, Friendster, Gmail, Hi5, Hotmail, Wikipedia, YouTube and many more.

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