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iOS 4.3 beta 2 has already provided some very interesting details about the future model of the iPad tablet, but new information indicates that Apple could also prepare a very interesting social service. In iOS 4.3 beta 2 it was FOUND a folder named "Media Stream" which indicates that Apple could implement a photo media streaming service on iDevices, i.e. a service similar to facebook/hi5 in which users upload photos to an account that only certain friends can see. It seems that this service is related to MobileMe where the photos could be uploaded, but the information discovered indicates that Apple will implement some security measures that will limit the display of photos only to friends.
With Photo Streams, you will also be allowed to invite other users to view your pictures as you take them and upload them to a service. This service looks like it is connected to MobileMe, and we speculate that "Media Stream" can be directly connected to "Find my Friends." We think Find my Friends will be another aspect of Apple's social network, a part of a free MobileMe, where you can choose to view your friends' "Photo Streams" all on that same map.
This new service could allow users to invite certain friends to view the photo stream and could be related to the Find My Friends discovered in iOS 4.3 beta 1. Apple could allow us to view the position of our friends using the Maps application and probably see their media stream with pictures taken in a certain location, for example.
UPDATED: In addition to the information presented above, in iOS 4.3 beta 2 a piece of text was found that informs us that using Media Stream all the pictures taken in the last 30 days will be automatically uploaded to the MobileMe account and will be able to be downloaded on all iDevices the
Photo Stream uploads and stores the last thirty days of your photos on MobileMe and downloads them to all of your devices.
And a picture that confirms the fact that PhotoStream requires an Internet connection to upload the pictures to MobileMe probably.
