The Mobile Art Lab is a Japanese organization that is researching the effects of combining the technology of touchscreen mobile devices with old-fashioned paper bound children’s books, which they’re calling PhoneBook.

As the video below clearly shows, this process doesn’t demonstrate anything new or innovative with technology but rather it utilizes the iPhone hardware’s capabilities in new and different ways. Parents simply access an interactive application on their device and slide it into a book that is fashioned with a hole large enough for the touch screen.

The organization is less focused on the value of the story and much more concerned with the communication effects between the parent and child — making their justification for using iPhones over digital paper technology all the more interesting. The Lab argues that in today’s world, more and more displays have been embedded in magazines and books such as electronic paper, but this is more marketing than practical use since displays using rare metals like LC /organic EL (which I assume are necessary for tactile sensory media*) are not very compatible with the disposable periodicals. The advantage of an iPhone is its versatility. It can be both a necessary business tool and a narrative device without much fuss.

As we’ve all known was a very likely possibility, it is being reported that Summit Entertainment is deciding whether or not to split The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — the final movie in the franchise (supposedly) — into two movies.

When Twilight was first peeking its head out, many said that it was going to be the next Harry Potter franchise, and to this many giggles (myself included) were had. And while the movie have been no where even close to as good as the Harry Potter films thus far, with The Twilight Saga: New Moon approaching $500 Million worldwide, you just can’t deny that it’s throwing down the same numbers.

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, they decided to split it in two in order to cover a lot more of the story, and of course, to make a whole new un-godly amount of money that they would never have made if they only did one film. This is also being done with The Hobbit. Naturally, it has always been a question as to whether Twilight would take the same path once they reached their final film. Now that they have established themselves as a heavy hitter, it comes as no shock that Summit Entertainment has this choice to make.

If you thought the sales were over, then think again. Amazon is offering even more deals in DVDs and Blu-ray selections, including a mega-sale of DVDs for $5.79.

Check out a sample of the selections currently on sale, which include new movies like Terminator Salvation and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for under $10; the aforementioned $5.79 DVD sale; several other DVD selections for as low as $2.99; and Blu-ray editions for under $11.

Oh, and don’t forget today’s Gold Box deal of the day — How I Met Your Mother: Seasons 1-4 on DVD for only $59.99.

Just a day after the first official Iron Man 2 poster was released, showing off War Machine to us all (Read: War Machine Appears In First Official “˜Iron Man 2″² Poster), Paramount has now put out a few new images to dust it with powdered sugar, so to speak. The images aren’t mind-blowing or anything, but we do get a couple of new looks at Tony Stark doing Tony Stark things and a pretty cool new picture of Whiplash in what looks like a fairly uncomfortable room decorated with Tony Stark news articles scattered about.

No one quite knows what the exact storyline will be yet, but it will definitely include the trials and tribulations of Tony Stark after he came out publicly that he’s Iron Man. This attracts unbelievable attention — of both good and bad varieties — to the already recognized Stark, including the scary Whiplash and Justin Hammer, who is now the main man when it comes to weapons dealing after Stark Industries stopped manufacturing them. As mentioned in the War Machine poster story, the Government will also likely be on Stark’s back to hand over the secrets of his incredible suit technology. However, until an official synopsis is put out, these are all mostly assumptions.

The Western genre is a 50/50 one. Many people love it passionately, and many others just can’t seem to get into it. The same goes in the world of video games: whether it was the awesome Wild Gunmen or maybe even Gun Smoke on Nintendo, up to the more recent GUN and Call of Juarez games, you either dig them or want nothing to do with them. The latest video game effort that will take us to the wild old west is a game called Red Dead Redemption, and it now has a great new trailer.

Red Dead Redemption is a sequel of sorts to one of the not-so-good Westerns of the past, Red Dead Revolver, and both are developed by the masterminds behind the Grand Theft Auto series, Rockstar Games. While the first game didn’t have a whole lot to offer, this new game is not only looking to join the party, it’s looking to take over the genre. Not much is known of gameplay and what to really expect, but if you watch this video, you will surely see that they may have gone and created the most impressive and authentic old western world that we’ve seen so far.

Click over to check out the trailer!