Get ready for  Zucasts - a new way to download rich multimedia onto your phone from Shozu. Whether it's professional or amateur content, our favorite photo blogging service promises to deliver with no delays or manual intervention. The new ShoZu service resulting from a partnership with Cognima  (see diagram below) will debut with ZuCasts from the Vans Warped Tour as well as three of the most popular user-generated sites on the Web.

Straight from Robin Goods latest Sharewood Picnic here's an introduction to Blip.Tv - a podcasting and video blogging service featuring personalized accounts and easy publishing to popular blog sites. Registration is free and the service has won rave reviews since its incept. But what  makes it different and what are its chances of success against established leaders in this sector?

Less than a week after YouTube incorporated mobile video uploads into their service, AOL responds with a remarkably similar service. Called AOL Uncut and existing as a subset of AOL Videos, the service allows people to upload short videos and incorporates tagging as well as other social networking features. The service is free but users must possess an AOL login, be above 18 years of age and the service will be monitored by LiveWorld for piracy and offensive content.

YouTube users can now upload video clips directly from their phones and PDAs. This latest service offering should enhance the providers desire for "candid and spontaneous" clips which entertain millions of people daily. It's also a boon to budding citizen journalists says the Mobile Technolgy Weblog.

Mobispine, a new mobile platform, has just launched free mobile blog, which makes it possible for users to post a blog directly from their mobile phone without paying for text messaging or multimedia messaging.Mobispine's flexible functions and services let you take your mobile communication to the next level, so you can spend more time living the way you want.

Sharpcast Photos was built from the ground up to help people face the challenges of managing the increasing number of digital photos they take. Over half the mobile phones sold today include a built-in camera. According to research firm IDC, over 485 million camera phones will ship worldwide in 2006, and Lyra Research predicts digital camera shipments to exceed 100 million units worldwide in 2008 says Cameratown.

MSN has linkted up with British mobile content provider 3 to develop a video blogging channel. The product  would interface with MSN Spaces - the popular blogging and personal content  service.

ContentSutra  reports that Malaysian provicer Celcom BG is launching  mobile content services for its  large Tamil population.  Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd's 3G users can look forward to downloading Tamil movies and video clips. "It's going to be very interesting. I can only tell you that you will be able to get things that you can't get previously," Celcom's vice president for marketing, Zalman Aefendy, said. 

Writing the previous article on Zoto.com I decided to see what Flickr was up to. Not surprising the present leader in photo sharing and photo blogging hasn't been still. Carlo Longino @ Mobhappy writes about why Flickr still remains a favorite.