Social media hub ShoZu and global roaming provider MAXroam have announced a partnership that gives mobile users a fast, convenient way to minimise the cost of sharing photos and video clips while roaming in more than 139 countries. The service is available immediately and initially for unlocked iPhones.
Under the terms of the agreement, iPhone users who have purchased the ShoZu application, which is available for $4.99 from Apples App Store, have access to MAXroams service, which provides data roaming discounts of up to 70% in 139 countries. Additionally, MAXroam users also have access to the paid ShoZu iPhone application.  
To sign up for MAXroams service, ShoZu users request a coupon code from ShoZu.com and then redeem it on the MAXroam web site to receive a $4.99 credit towards MAXroam service. ShoZu users also must buy a MAXroam SIM card, which is included in the MAXroam service bundles.
Additionally, iPhone owners who visit the MAXroam web site will be invited to buy the ShoZu app from Apples App Store if they dont already have it. They then will receive a coupon code that will give their MAXroam account a $4.99 credit.
After activating MAXroams service, iPhone owners can use the ShoZu app to upload photos, videos and other content to multiple social networking sites simultaneously via ShoZus media hub service, eliminating the chore, and expense, of uploading to each site one at a time. Users pay only the initial $4.99 cost of the ShoZus iPhone app; there are no additional charges from ShoZu for using its media hub service.
Smartphones make it easy it take photos and videos while travelling, but the steep cost of data roaming forces many users to wait until they get home to share that content, says ShoZu Chairman and CEO, Chris Wade. By partnering with MAXroam, ShoZu eliminates that financial penalty, so users can inexpensively and quickly upload their photos and videos to multiple social networking sites simultaneously, allowing friends and family back home to keep up with the travels in real time. ShoZus partnership with MAXroam furthers our goal of providing ShoZu customers with real savings and real value.
Later this year, the ShoZu app will be available through additional app stores, including Microsofts Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Nokias Ovi and RIMs BlackBerry App World. The application is already available for the BlackBerry and Windows Mobile operating systems directly from the ShoZu website and mobile site at m.shozu.com