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A good read from the AP, featuring several of our clients at Snapp Media and a word or two from yours truly.

It’s a reasonable bet that most people who drop a new iPhone into a steaming bowl of ramen will head straight to the store for a replacement, but not Fukuoka-based Ken Yokota. Instead of crying over spilled tonkotsu broth, he went and designed a completely new way of attaching a Japanese-style strap to the slippery hunk of metal and glass.

I don’t think there’s any need to explain why sending a few ¥, $, £ or whatever you have is a good idea.

Yet another Android addition to the Docomo lineup, in stores across Japan from November 26. Contract only, of course…

Our creative friends from Simplism have been in touch with a couple of case/protector suggestions for those of us unwilling to go bareback with Apple’s glassy beauty.

What’s more, there are two sizes - 10-8 inches and 5.5 inches. Think of anything else that’s likely to get a mid-size version soon?

Worth noting too is that, aside from these few manga now available here in Japan, the shelves in bookstores are also groaning with more traditional how-to guides covering Twitter, iPad, iPhone and plenty more new-fangledness besides…

It’s worth a spin, but for novelty value only.

These little fishies may be kinda creepy, but they sure are artfully done…

Looking forward to trying this—eneloop batteries are excellent, so the ‘eneloop mobile booster’ should be a major hit before long. No pricing info yet, but I’d guess somewhere around the ¥5,000 mark…

Hawken at Dadako Studios joins us to put our collective shoulders behind the all-new Facemakr!

I’ll readily admit I’m no photographer, but the results of these quick snapshots around Harajuku in Tokyo today tell me eyeApps, the developer of Pro HDR, is onto something special.

It’s interesting to see a proper alternative to Safari for the iPad, but is iLunascape just that bit too far out on a limb? VPS Host

It’s hard to know what to make of the iPADock, but let us know if you’re interested in it and we’ll ask PhotoFast about taking it to the West. We’re nice that way…

It’s a fair punt to suggest we’ll see iPad 2 before the end of the year…

It’s all about the fact that these are really rebranded Sanyo Eneloops…

Love the screenshot at the top showing tons of junk food outlets. That’s London all right…

Not many cases of 3D sickness yet, but I know I’m *sick* of paying extra in the cinema to borrow a pair of glasses just so I can see a considerably duller screen.

Good to see Sekai Camera get a mention…

At first glance, the FridgePad just sounds, well, silly, but the more I think about it, the more I kinda want to try one.

Does this thing look awkward to play or what? Fun, though…

If you recall that we launched a new PR service specializing in mobile and, particularly, iPhone, iPad and iPod apps earlier this year, you may be interested to learn that the move to help local devs has been so successful, we’re already on stage two - helping Western developers break the Japan market.

The Strapya cases are truly ‘unique,’ as they say in these parts, but I’m rather partial to the Simplism silicone numbers.

The app version of the amazing Firefox and Chrome extension is now available to make your Japanese web surfing on the iPad that little bit easier.

What more could one ask for? Out in October from Wiz Inc for ¥2,200.

Says the maker, Jeremy Salvador: “You might ask… Why pair an iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, or iPhone 4 with a DSLR lens? Why not!”

Chan-Toru’s the name and free’s the game…

Best of all for Jabscreen 3 owners, however, is the news that the Jabscreen 4 also has a minor flaw. According to some reports, it can appear to lose reception under exceptional circumstances, such as a nuclear winter, or someone holding it.

One for the seven people in the country who both care about and own a 3D telly…

At up to ¥2,980 a day, it seems pretty expensive, but if you only use it for a few days during the trip it seems reasonable to me.

By me on CNNGo. BTW, the other tour (Kabukicho) is also superb…

Starting at ¥11,800 for 8GB, 24 (count ‘em) varieties to choose from…