Ford motor company has released a new app for the iPhone called Flex Photo Lab. It is a photo manipulation tool for the iPhone, which can be used to add effects to photographs or be used to improve their quality through alteration of brightness/contrast or hue/saturation. Users can also darken or brighten select areas of a photograph with the included spot burner and spot lighter tools. Flex Photo Lab also showcases Ford’s new car “Flex” with information and photographs. The app is free and currently available at the app store.

According to a growing number of iPhone 3G users, small cracks are appearing on the plastic case of their iPhone 3G’s. Most of these reported cracks have been found around the edges of the iPhone 3G case and near the headphone jack. These cracks are more common on white iPhone 3G’s and are rare on black iPhone 3G’s. The cracks take anywhere from a day to a week or two from purchase to appear. Apple’s retail stores are replacing these defective units on the spot, free of any charge. Seemingly Apple has identified the problem and is taking the necessary steps to rectify the issue and satisfy affected customers.

New reports have surfaced about the capabilities of the much awaited 3G iPhone. This latest information says that the iPhone will have the ability to geo-tag photographs, which means that it will include a GPS capability. Reports have also stated that users will have the ability to toggle the 3G radio on and off. According to Engadget, screen shots of the new 3G iPhone beta software shows that a location services feature is also available. Many reports has stated that the iPhone 3G version will be introduced today and will be available immediately, which could mean up to a week after the announcement.

In recent reports it was stated that Australia will have the fastest 3G iPhone in the world. This report was from a senior executive of Telstra. He stated that “By Xmas this phone will be capable of 42MBS, which will make it faster than a lot of broadband offerings and the fastest iPhone on any network in the world”. The new 3G version of the iPhone is expected to be available very soon after a possible unveiling on June 9th. Other reports have stated that Telstra has already been given 3G iPhones for testing.

Although it has been long in development, the iPhone file sharing application is now a reality. The Celestial Jukebox is now available via P2P. ISlsk developer Eric Castro stated “Stay tuned…This is just the beginning”. With the new application, a full length movie download takes approximately 40 minutes and song downloads take just 3 minutes via WiFi. There is no account required for downloading, simply enter a user name and password and an account is created automatically. Download speeds via WiFi average approximately 20 Kbps and AT&T’s Edge allows song downloads from Soulseek at approximately 10 Kbps.

Noel Rappin from Pathfinder Development has recently developed an open source plug-in that focuses on automating common tasks and streamlining developments. The plug-in is a Rails wrapper that works with the iUI toolkit for building iPhone enabled web applications. Because the iPhone is so highly popular, Mobile Safari has become the most commonly used mobile web browser in the United States. The plug-in works with the browser and allows users new styles of interactions such as tap and zoom which allows the content to be brought into better focus. Because of the popularity of Mobile Safari, many developers are redesigning sites to implement the unique features provided by the iPhone touch ability.