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"MobileMe galleries are kind of like exclusive showcases, or fancy private Flickr pages. There's no way to search, so unless you know someone's MoblieMe username, it's hard to figure out if your friends even have one."

And now Apple has made it a whole lot easier with this update to add galleries from your friends. This is a free app, and if you have MobileMe, its a nice way to check out the photos. This update adds a feature called "Contacts" so you can add in galleries from your friends, by searching through your iPhone or iPod Touch contacts list for MobileMe members, and then letting you choose which ones you want to add. Entering manually is still an option, and you can find more about this update at Apple.

"Although you can already access MobileMe galleries from an iPhone simply by visiting their URLs, Apple's new MobileMe Gallery seeks to make them faster and easier to access. The application is free and comes with a very respectable set of features."

Obviously this one requires a MobileMe subscription, but if you have one, this is a great app for viewing your photos on MobileMe, much better than using Safari. You can see your entire gallery as well as photos and movies posted by your friends. This also supports German, French and Japanese languages and requires your iPhone or iPod Touch to be running OS 3.1 or later.