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Share your cameraphone pics everywhere with ShoZu

As a father of three active daughters, I like to use my camera-enabled phones to capture moments of their lives when I don't have a dedicated camera in hand. I upload these pics to Flickr, Vox, my blog, my Facebook site, and sometimes my TextAmerica site. I have used the native utilities on S60 devices, Vox upload tool, special email address (WordPress functionality), Facebook utility on a BlackBerry, and ShoZu in the past, but am pleased that something major was just updated that brings all these various tools into a single package. With the latest version of ShoZu you can now easily send your latest snapshot to all these services, and a lot more, with a single upload via MMS or email. This will save me lots of time and also allow me to post to several sites at once.
Written by Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer

As a father of three active daughters, I like to use my camera-enabled phones to capture moments of their lives when I don't have a dedicated camera in hand. I upload these pics to Flickr, Vox, my blog, my Facebook site, and sometimes my TextAmerica site. I have used the native utilities on S60 devices, Vox upload tool, special email address (WordPress functionality), Facebook utility on a BlackBerry, and ShoZu in the past, but am pleased that something major was just updated that brings all these various tools into a single package. With the latest version of ShoZu you can now easily send your latest snapshot to all these services, and a lot more, with a single upload via MMS or email. This will save me lots of time and also allow me to post to several sites at once.

There is also a ShoZu mobile application for a large number of mobile devices so you can install this on your compatible device and the program can be setup to upload right after you take a photo. The email/MMS option is a good choice for people with an iPhone or other device that isn't supported by the native application.

In the ShoZu press release they referenced a study that found nearly half of all social networkers regularly use more than one site, while one in six use three or more. You simply set up your preferred destinations and there are currently 30 to select from, including YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, Vox, and more. There is no limit on the number of destinations you select. You can also add multipled email addresses so you can send photos and video directly to your friends and family too. The service is free and the only charge is your wireless carriers messaging or data fees.

There is also a new ShoZu Slideshow widget that you can send images to for virtual photo frames you place on your blog or website.

Don't forget to check out the ZuCasts free content that can be downloaded to your device for viewing or listening to on the go.

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