Google is charging down the same path: it offers music sync, photo sync, Exchange-like sync, cloud storage, remote device back-up and updates.

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Facebook has added a new photo sync feature that can automatically upload photos from a phone to a private Facebook album on the web.

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For them the photo sync makes perfect sense.

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People can change their photo on the app and it will also sync on their friends address books and show up when they call.

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In the future, finding a way to sync and manage photos among a variety of photo services from iPhoto to Picasa seems a natural next step.

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