iLife Integration

Well, Address Book and iCal aren't iLife applications.

I'm certain that the Faces idea and birthday idea would be very valid future features. Go ahead and request them on Apple.com.

 

The 'events' in iPhoto (more akin to a roll of film - in fact they used to be called 'rolls') are not the same kinds of events in iCal (which are calendar events). I don't see how they need to be linked. For example, an even in iPhoto might be "Kids at the pool". Why would you need to sync this to your calendar?

And it's supposed to guess which face you want to add? It is linked the other way around, though, and I do think it's a good idea. Once you have assigned a name from the address book to a face, this makes sense.

This can be done:
Go to iCal -> Preferences -> check "show birthdays calendar".

 

This suggestion doesn't really make much sense. What if I have a football game on my calendar and I take pictures of my kids eating lunch at that time? Do I really want the pictures labeled "Cowboys v Redskins"? I can see how it might work out every once in a while, but it wouldn't be helpful a large majority of the time.

This is a good suggestion.