ShoZu

ShoZu is the easiest and coolest way to upload photos and videos from your phone to your photo-sharing Web site.

With just one click your photo or video is on the Web. You can add a description and tags either before or after uploading it. You can even change them later, from your phone.

When friends or fans comment on any of your photos on the Web, ShoZu forwards those comments to your phone. With some sites you can even reply to them (while you're still on the beach) - now that's really cool!

And ShoZu keeps on getting better. You can now set up your favourite email addresses, flickr & blogger accounts in ShoZu - and then email or post your photos and videos in seconds.

ShoZu is pronounced like "Show Zoo", with the emphasis on the first syllable.

ShoZu originated as a mis-pronunciation or "Sho2u" ("show to you"), written on a white board as we were brainstorming ideas for a name.

ShoZu is a small bean in Chinese, an alcoholic drink in Korea, and a district in Japan. As far as we're aware, it doesn't mean anything rude in any language.

It can be argued that the name does have some meaning…

* Sho = Show = Share (emphasises community)
* Zu is like Zoo = fun, lots of stuff going on, exciting
* Zu is like 2u = to you (zu means 'to' in German)

Also...

* It’s short enough to fit on a phone
* It's memorable
* The domain name was available
* It could even be used as a verb: "Let me just ShoZu that over to you..." (OK, we're getting carried away now)