I bought an iPad from Apple last week — Wi-Fi-only, the cheapest model, for $499. And it’s awesome. This year’s “it” gadget has many talents, and chief among them is its ability to share photos, face to face rather than online. Just like the old days when they had those photos printed on paper.

Kodak has just friended Facebook, and it has a status update for you. Soon, you’ll be able to log into your Facebook account at Kodak’s retail photo-printing kiosks in stores like CVS and Target to print photos. You also will be able to access Picasa and Kodak Gallery online albums, as well as take advantage of a couple of useful new editing features.

If you snap a lot of photos in low-lighting conditions, you probably know that point-and-shoot cameras deliver pretty poor image quality once the sun goes down. Of course, you can use flash to get crisper photos, but that kills the ambience of soft natural lighting.