Photo quality as if shot through glass

Most of my photos are washed out as if I took the photo through glass. I suspect because the back glass goes over the camera vs the 3GS design where it did not.
Problem indoors or out.
If I am in a room with an overhead light its really bad. It simply looks as if the light is reflecting through the back glass into the photo. Never had this problem with 2G thru 3GS phones. Not once.
Here is a sample image hosted at dropbox. This shot has a window causing the glare through the glass but same effect on most any shot that has a light source. Its very difficult to capture the shot without glare.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3720253/065.JPG
I should add that this window has a bed sheet over it to try to reduce the glare but as you can see there is plenty in the photo
Message was edited by: theminhb
Message was edited by: theminhb

Thanks Allan. I edited my original post to say there was a bed sheet covering the window to reduce glare but still have plenty of a washed out glare.
Here is a photo taken in same room with bed sheet over window and window on my left.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3720253/057.JPG

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