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george replied on April 26, 2009 18:48 to the question "Can I only post one photo at a time?" in Zannel:

The simple answer is pretty much yes, one photo post at a time. However, it really sort of depends on where you are posting it from: Mobile or web. If you are using the web upload interface, you can just post one item at a time. If you are posting using your mobile upload address, you could theoretically attach a few photos to one MMS or email that goes to zannel, depending on the device you are sending from. The disadvantage to doing this is that any text description that you add to the upload will be duplicated for all the images you post with that one email. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not.

Would multiple photo posts be a feature you would find useful, and if so how would you like to use it??

Thanks for the feedback!

george replied on April 21, 2009 16:29 to the question "Does Zannel support Unicode?" in Zannel:

Hey, Zannel supports unicode, but in certain situations it can break. It seems that you have found one of the situations. Can you post a link to an update with broken characters so we can take a look at it? Thanks!

george replied on April 21, 2009 16:23 to the question "How do I rotate my photos on zannel?" in Zannel:

Currently image rotation is not a feature that Zannel supports, unfortunately. The good news is that it is on the feature roadmap, and will hopefully be implemented before too long.

george replied on February 24, 2009 01:37 to the question "Zannel CityWatch iPhone app?" in Zannel:

The iPhone ap is currently being upgraded and moved to a different section of the app store. I'll let you know as soon as the new version is available.

In the meantime, check out the newly released Zannel mobile web site on your iPhone browser. It looks great, and actually gives you access to many parts of Zannel you could not access with the Citywatch app.

george replied on February 05, 2009 01:18 to the question "automatic widget scrolling" in Zannel:

Currently there is not a way to have the Zannel widget default to slideshow mode. It sounds like this is a feature you would find useful?

george replied on January 28, 2009 02:46 to the problem "Unwanted text alertS!" in Zannel:

Can you please let us know what your mobile number is, and what the text of the messages you are getting says? Best to send a complete note to feedback@zannel.com that includes your mobile number and a copy of the SMS texts so we can track down the issue.

george replied on November 11, 2008 01:08 to the question "Can you add Zannel as a product?" in Zannel:

Thanks for the tip Leslie. We're going to consider creating a few products under our banner as there are a few arms to the Zannel octopus.

george replied on August 21, 2008 23:54 to the question "I posted an update to Zannel from my phone, but it's not on my page yet. What's up with that???" in Zannel:

The first thing to check is that you are sending to the correct upload address. It should look something like: your_username.###@zannel.com. Frequently the code number is entered incorrectly, the dot is missing, or something else is misspelled.

If you are sending your update to the right address, there might be an issue with your carrier's network. Sometimes things may be running a bit slow on their end, or there could be an outage. When using some of our test phones here at Zannel, there were times where I've had some updates show up three hours after I sent them. I won't tell you on what carrier that was.

In general, your update should appear on Zannel within 10 minutes of sending, and usually it's much faster. Videos could take slightly longer depending on their file size and your carrier.

If you have updated successfully before, and suddenly it has stopped working, let us know!

george asked a question in Zannel on August 21, 2008 23:42:

I posted an update to Zannel from my phone, but it's not on my page yet. What's up with that???

george replied on August 21, 2008 23:34 to the question "How do I post an update to my Zannel page?" in Zannel:

You can post video, picture, and text updates to your Zannel from your phone and/or a computer.

From your mobile phone:

* Once you validate your mobile phone, you can send text updates via a SMS to 58888 (If outside the US use +447797801545)
* For media (picture and video) updates: click the post update link from the homepage. You will see an email address listed on the page. Send a picture or video to the address displayed. Save the address to your phone's address book so you only have to enter it once. You can also find your mobile update address on the web, just under your upload box on your My Zannel page. Note: Any text you include as part of your media message will be included in your update as the description.

From the web:
Log in, click on My Zannel and enter a picture, video or text in the upload box on the top of the page.

george asked a question in Zannel on August 21, 2008 23:29:

How do I post an update to my Zannel page?