No company is perfect. It appears that there have been issues with the white iPhone 3GS overheating and discoloring easily. The rumors didn’t attract very much attention at first, but reports continue to file in.

Apple hasn’t taken the issue very seriously yet. They’ve updated their support document entry on iPhone overheating to include the 3GS, but that’s as close as they’ve come to dealing with the actual problem. Apple states that overheating phones will show a warning screen and lock down for all non-emergency calls. This doesn’t address the primary current issue; the fact that overheating iPhones are discoloring.
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Here’s what Facebook for iPhone 3.0 looks like—pretty nice. Besides the new giant button home screen, you’ll be able to actually RSVP to events and create new photo albums. No push yet, but here’s the full list:

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
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Want to a peek into the crystal ball and see what the future holds for you iPhone owners out there? Well, read on and be amazed at these potential iPhone 4.0 features that may soon be available in a firmware update down the road.

Discovered in a bunch of pending patent applications, this first one is called “Event-based modes for electronic devices.” What this basically does is allow your iPhone to automatically adjust its setting based on your location and “life events”. So, what exactly are these “life events”?
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Obama Administration - White House News is a new app to keep up to date with President Barack Obama and his Administration.

This app will bring you daily blog entries from the Official White House blog, photos from the Official White House photographers, plus weekly video addresses by President Obama, videos of Press Briefings, Tweets from the White House’s official Twitter account, and news articles from the Washington Post, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times.
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Today Sprint announced that it will begin selling the BlackBerry 9630 Tour via telesales, online and its business channels on July 12 for $200. That’s the same date the phone goes on sale at Verizon Wireless and at the same price point.

Who says happy endings only exist in the movies? This week sees Vodafone return to Carphone Warehouse after a three year absence. The two companies parted ways almost three years ago in a rather dramatic manner and ever since Carphone Warehouse, the UK’s largest mobile retailer, hasn’t sold any contract or mobile broadband options on behalf of Vodafone.
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The G1 Optimus Prime Head with Built-In USB-Powered Speakers is just the latest item to pop up at BigBadToyStore to enhance your ever growing collection of Transformer peripherals. The head itself weighs about 3 pounds and the sides of its helmet open up to reveal a set of speakers. The controls for the device are on the back, such as the volume, and it will sit nicely on your desk looking menacingly at others as they pass by it.
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Apple recently made a new software development kit available to those writing applications for the iPhone. iPhone SDK 3.1 has lots of new tools for developers to take advantage of. Some of the changes include better control over the iPhone’s video editing software which preserves the original recording. Third party applications have also been given access to the video editing software, and the modem software has been updated. iPhone SDK 3.1 also has the MMS feature turned on by default with the AT&T carrier profile update 4.2 included as part of the SDK. Apple has not indicated when iPhone OS 3.1 will be available to end users.

The iPhone once again leads Consumer Reports’ smartphone ratings, beating competing products such as the Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm. The organization considered Apple’s new 3GS handset to lead in categories such as battery life, multimedia, navigation and Internet browsing, while integrating a superior display.

Although the iPhone took the top rank and showed strengths in every category except voice quality, devices such as the Pre, Samsung Omnia and BlackBerry Storm now follow closely behind. Palm’s device achieved higher scores in several important categories such as messaging and multitasking.

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Mozilla has been making some noises about porting its Firefox web browser to Android. Until fairly recently this wasn;t do-able given that Android applications ran on Google’s Java virtual machine, but with the release of the NDK 1.0 (Native Development Kit) apps can run on Android itself. Mozilla had previously commented that because of the Java restriction it wasn’t paying serious attention to Android, but the path is very much clear now.
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Today Sony Ericsson announced the T715, a 3G slider that has quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSPA radios on board. The stand-out feature of this phone is its 3.2 megapixel camera with photo light and video capture. It also has stereo Bluetooth and an FM radio with RDS. It runs the Access NetFront web browser, supports Java, and Microsoft’s ActiveSync for email. The T715 will be available in select markets starting in the third quarter. Sony Ericsson did not indicate pricing.

As anyone who has owned more than one brand of mobile knows all too well the chargers that come with them are as resplendent in their diversity as they are annoying in said diversity. With various manufacturers using different styles of chargers, and even different styles of chargers used by phones from the same manufacturer, it is no wonder that people get frustrated, especially given the high cost to replace chargers. However, the EU Commission wants to change that and has received backing from some of the biggest players in the market.
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The Barnes & Noble Bookstore app let’s you shop and read reviews. And you can use your iPhone’s camera to search and shop for millions of books, DVDs, or music CDs.

In their own words:

Search millions of books, DVDs, and CDs using your iPhone’s camera. Just snap a photo of the front cover and we’ll find it for you instantly! Get product details, editorial reviews, and customer ratings – even find and reserve a copy in the store closest to you.

A store locator will help you find the Barnes & Noble superstore nearest you, see upcoming events, and get directions.

Motorola announced the iDEN Clutch i465 on May 1st. Now Sprint announces to carry the Motorola Clutch i465.
The Motorola Clutch i465 is a rugged device in a slender candy bar form factor, and the first Nextel Direct Connect messaging-centric device that brings the strength of a full QWERTY keyboard to the iDEN line. Motorola Clutch i465 also offers Group Messaging, which lets customers create groups of up to 20 people to send messages to at the same time.
The Motorola Clutch i465 will be available this summer, in all Sprint sales channels, including Sprint stores and 1-800-Nextel-9 for $39.99 with a new two-year service agreement, $20 instant rebate and $50 mail-in rebate (excluding taxes).
Via the Sprint Clutch i465 site.

The iTunes store has approved its first adult application; ‘Hottest Girls’. You won’t be surprised, after reading that title, to learns that it features pictures of naked women. The app, priced at $1.99 for anyone who doesn’t know that porn can be found free on the internet, is trailblazing as we are some to see a deluge of adult apps and content hit the app stor ein the months ahead.
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