Shared Photo Stream suggestion

Hopefully doable in the next update:  Shouldn't the shared photo stream capability work with any iDevice.  Rather than requiring an email address, it should also accept phone numbers of iPhone users, just like iMessage and FaceTime.  I have a lot of contacts that just have the phone number and no email address (or not the email address they use for their Apple ID), and it would be nice to be able to share photos on photo stream rather than messaging them individually.

mr88cet wrote:
I created a shared photo stream for my wife and me to share photos we ake on our iPhones
I think you are under impression that your wife can share photos, or make changes to your photostream. When IOS 7 comes out this fall that would be an option. At that point in order for her to share pictures with you she HAS  to create and share photostream as well. That is what was missing from your description. That is if I am correct.

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    I created a shared photo stream for my wife and me to share photos we ake on our iPhones
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    You are not mentioning your Mac OS X Version:
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    Regards
    Léonie

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    Do you have the correct software and OS:
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