High on the list of stupid ways to get arrested is ‘Repeatedly calling 911 to complain about your broken iPhone’.

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Hey iPhone lovers! Do your iPhones look plain and boring? Have you been wanting to spice it up and make it more unique? Do you love Japanese food?

If you said “Yes!” to all the above questions, including Japanese food, then check out these fun cases for your lovely iPhone.

The “iMeshi” cases for the iPhone 4 literally puts traditional Japanese foods into the palm of your hands everyday. With the Summer release of the Cold Ramen Case (photo above, top right) and the Unagi Don Case (last photo in the bottom), your iPhone can be anything but boring. Available at Strapya, they retail for about $50 each and are so highly detailed and well done that you might just want to eat your phone… but please don’t. ;)

DC has released a Green Lantern App in order to help market the Green Lantern franchise of comics ahead of the eagerly awaited summer film based on the top-selling character.

Details of the App are as follows:

“The GREEN LANTERN App will give new and long time fans the access they want to all things GREEN LANTERN, including:

• Over 200 Green Lantern comic books, including GREEN LANTERN: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis.

• More GREEN LANTERN comics added EVERY WEEK.

• The latest trailers for the GREEN LANTERN movie

• Previews of other exciting GREEN LANTERN releases, like the animated GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS and the video game GREEN LANTERN: RISE OF THE MANHUNTERS.

• Featured Sections include, New To GREEN LANTERN? Start Here!, We Are The Corps! and His Darkest Days, all of which include essential reading for fans new to GREEN LANTERN comic books.

• Key first appearances of Green Lantern Corps members such as Kilowog, Tomar Re, and Sinestro.

• Comic Store Locator, to find your favorite GREEN LANTERN comics in print.

With full functionality as found in the DC Comics App, the GREEN LANTERN App will have guided view for panel-to-panel enjoyment of GREEN LANTERN digital comic books on the iPhone or iPad.”

[DCU Blog]

Seems like a good move to me. Not entirely sure how successful it will be, but it’s definitely in line with DC’s recent commitment to embrace the digital comics medium.

In a surprising turn of events, the indie smash hit, Minecraft, is going to be making its way onto mobile devices. That in itself is not very surprising given the creator, Marcus “Notch” Persson, had stated the title might see a release outside the PC.

No, the surprise announcement is that Android owners will finally be able to shove an exclusive major game in front of iOS owners. At least for a little while. Being officially shown off at an event at E3 starting June 7th, the Android version of Minecraft will be released before iPod Touch/iPhone owners, although no official announcement has been made about release date or pricing yet.

Official E3 poster after the break.

Having started on March 15th (yesterday), for one week only, Street Fighter IV on iPhone/Touch will be 99 cents only, with all proceeds from its sale donated to the earthquake relief. So if you have been curious about the game on iPhone, grab it now while it’s cheap, and on a plus side, you’ll be helping out in a good way. 

If you want to know more about the donations, check out the Capcom Press Release.

This is the third article of the trilogy series of “The New Life of the Portable Game Console”. The first segment covered problems in the portable gaming sector, the second segment covered ways to possibly fix them and the third focuses on the future.

Final Thoughts

In this final segment, I want to look at a couple of different aspects that I have ignored so far: Apple’s good moves and the future of the portable game console.

In the first part of The New Life of the Portable Game Console, we took a look at the problems facing the DS and PSP and examined the rise to power of the iPhone and iPod. Enough gloom, it’s time to look at the potential advantages that the two companies could take into the fight of the next generation of portable fun.

Countering the “i”nvincible Apple

Apple’s steam rolling juggernaut of the iPhone is bowling over the competition. There’s no denying the adverse effects the bite-sized apps and value meal games have had. The portability, form factor, and convenience have come to play larger roles than Nintendo and Sony could have possibly anticipated. What’s the lowly DS and PSP to do? There are multiple ways to combat Apple in the power struggle…

Making The Argument Against “i” Gaming

Just over a decade ago, we saw more diversity in the handheld gaming market. There were the likes of Sega, SNK, Bandai, and more at least attempting to take a piece of the market. Nowadays, it’s down to just three major players. Of course, the major hitters are Apple’s iPhone/iPod line, Nintendo’s DS and 3DS, and Sony with the PSP and NGP (PSP2).

Oh how the times have changed from the innocent 90’s.

Apple’s so-called “gaming efforts” have produced the bite-sized diversions we now call “games”. If I sound a little bit unhappy with the current situation, you’ll have to forgive me. It’s not that I don’t like any games on the “i” devices. After I play Angry Birds for a half hour, I just don’t feel satisfied by the game I just played. It’s like trying to eat at a fast-food restaurant when you’re craving a steak. It’ll fill you up and it tastes okay but you’ll still want that 16oz New York strip loin after. I think we really need to identify the problems that the portables are facing before we can even think about possible solutions…