Zannel

For everyone not yet familiar with social networking / mobile / vc2 community Zannel: Consider giving the Zillion Channels destination a spin.

Launched in March 07 and recently upgraded to full blown networking capabilities, Zannel  already engages 100.000 plus members in instant chatting, mobile video and photo upload. With cool new widgets available, the site could be described as the Brightcove in the mobile space or 'Twitter with Pictures and Video' (recently in a terrific write-up in TechCrunch).

The model is clear and simple: Users create profiles and in return receive their personalized channels that can be shared and connected to any number of friends. Particularly impressive: Blazing-fast upload speeds that put the service ahead of its competition. In a recent  ad-hoc demo from Zannel staffers during a meeting in Santa Monica, a test clip shot midway during a conversation made it straight into Zannel in between two sips of decaf-latte. I'm not kidding.

Co-founded under the guidance of serial web entrepreneur Steve Hoffman last summer, Zannel also integrates its sizeable online following into the mobile experience.  I'm comfortable to predict lots of Zannel-surfing in the near future and plenty of room for everyone, including Kyte.