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TIM to load Shozu on 10 handsets
Tim Green May 23 2008, 11:12am
Italian operator TIM will pre-install ShoZu’s media sharing service on 10 handsets.
The deal will enable subscribers to instantly transfer photos and videos to a variety of social networks, photo communities and personal blogging sites. Users can also leverage other ShoZu capabilities to keep up with their online social lives on the go.
In addition, the agreement authorises ShoZu to sell and serve ads, and share revenues with TIM. This chimes with Shozu’s policy of allowing carriers to use its services royalty-free basis in return for a revenue share.
The ShoZu service will be available pre-installed on TIM’s Samsung I450, Nokia N73, N78 and N958GB, Sony Ericsson K660i, Z770i, C902i, W980i, W760i and Onda 7020. The ShoZu client can be downloaded to additional TIM handsets from the TIM WAP portal.
TIM will bundle the ShoZu offer with a flat-rate data package.
Social media sites supported by TIM’s ShoZu service include Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, Windows Live Spaces, Google Blogger, Dailymotion, Kodak Easyshare Gallery and life.Dada.net.
"Every mobile user who takes pictures and videos with their handset faces a challenge in transferring those images to their favorite Web 2.0 sites. We are partnering with ShoZu to simplify this process for our subscribers," said Riccardo Jelmini, exec VP at TIM Data.
TIM had 35.9 million subscribers as of March 31, 2008.
