The Japan Texture series of cases for the iPhone are certainly beautiful if you are into the Japanese style. Downright awesome. Why wouldn’t you want to park your iPhone in one? Well, there are a few reasons. These cases cost more than your actual phone, for one.

Plus, they are covered in lacquer and gold dust, which is sure to come off in a matter of minutes. But if you have some disposable income, the series consists of five case designs that depict art of the Sengoku period. They also come with a storage box and each of the handmade cases takes roughly three weeks to make.

If you are an iPhone owner and have a bank account with USAA you’ll soon be able to use your iPhone to deposit a check thanks to a new iPhone app, which lets you take a picture of the front and back of the check to deposit it. No more out of the way trips to the bank.

Once you take the pictures, they are then sent to the bank who processes the digital version of the check. The paper check can then be torn up and thrown away if you like. The USAA iPhone App is available now and when the service starts a new update will be made available to those who already have it installed, which allows you to capture the images.

Do you fancy yourself an iPhone DJ? If yes, then check this out. The iPhone DJ Mixer costs $120 and has some features that let you combine music from two iPhones, iPods or mp3 players or one of each. That’s a lot of options if you have songs across all of those devices.

It also has a spin option, 2 effects programs with reverb, flange and filter and cross-fade slider and a recording option, as well as a speaker system connection and microphone jack. As an added bonus, it will also charge your iPhone or iPod while you mix.

Looking for a fun accessory for your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS? These iPhone Trick Camera Lenses will let you add some visual effects to your photos. The lenses attach to the camera on your iPhone and each produces a unique effect.

Some of the lenses include, wide angle, starburst, heart, kaleidoscope and sparkle. Looks like a fun way to spice up your pictures. Each lens will cost you $8.00 and they come in a full range of colors.

I-O Data just unveiled their Seg Clip 1Seg TV Tuner for the iPhone. I-O data says that it hit retail in Japan in August. It gives iPhone or iPod Touch users the ability to watch TV wirelessly directly from a SEG Clip plugged into a PC.

You’ll need to install the software on your iPod Touch / iPhone (available from the App Store, we’re guessing) and you’ll get a video stream. You can also store the video on your iPhone/iPod Touch and watch it later.

You have your choice of iPhone/iPod battery packs, but Kensington has thrown one in with its new $70 charging dock. The Kensington Charging Dock with Mini Battery Pack comes with its own mini battery that will charge next to your iPhone or iPod, so you will never be short on precious juice.

According to Kensington, it will give you an extra 30 hours of music or 6 hours of video on an 3rd generation iPod Nano, and an extra 3 hours of talk time on your iPhone.

Nothing will keep your iPhone warm and toasty like a Frosted Pop Tart Sleeve. It’s true. They are tasty hot or cold and filled with sugary goodness. This one has sprinkles. Yum.

It’s the tastiest way to keep your iPhone safe and secure for $20. Just make sure the kids don’t find this and warm it up in the toaster. Probably won’t happen, but some kids aren’t that bright.

The ideal phone would never have to be plugged in or at least would need to be plugged in only rarely. The reality today is that high-end devices like the iPhone burn lots of battery power and require almost daily charging to remain usable.

A company called MotionTouch has announced a new charger for the iPhone that is eco-friendly and charges by light. The device has a solar cell on the back of the sleeve that can gather power from some ambient lighting and from the sun.

Check out this retro cool limited edition iPhone case from Agent 18. It turns your iPhone into a mixtape. It’s just a hard plastic backside really. We don’t know exactly how limited these $30 cases are, so pre-order while you can.

The iPhone and iPod Touch are basically digital mix tapes anyway. Might as well look the part. And judging by most mixtapes, you should be grateful that any music is not included.

In all likelihood you have upgraded to to a new iPhone everytime they come out. If that sounds like you, you probably have a couple of old models lying around. Why not start a server farm? Sound good?

Created by Japan’s FreeBit, the prototype above is to promote the ServersMan app, which gives iPhone users the ability to use their phone as network storage, file viewer or even a mini web server. Why not? They’re just laying around.

You have an iPhone and a hankering for some sweet Pizza Hut Pizza. What do you do? Well first you need to get Pizza Hut’s just unveiled new iPhone App. What other app will let you order food AND play a racing game? Suck on that Dominoes.

The app is as gimmicky as you might expect. Don’t believe me? When you order wings, you don’t just order wings. You need to shake your phone to get the wings covered in sauce. I guess that way, you only have yourself to blame if they taste like crap.

You’ve got your choice of iPhone cases, but if you really want something that can take a lot of abuse, the handcrafted EXOvault is for you. It’s an all-metal case that can be ordered in aluminum, brass or titanium. It’s not completely ugly and kind of gives your phone an industrial look.

We really don’t have many other details, but Aluminum and brass will cost you $95, or you can pay $300 for the all impressive titanium.

We are all consumers. There’s no getting around it. We rely on massed produced products in every part of our lives. Some consumers want to know if the product they are buying is cruelty-free or not. There’s really no need to have an animal suffer in order to sell us a product, so many choose not to support such companies.

PETA has your back with an iPhone app to help you identify cruelty-free products. The app is called “Be Nice To Bunnies” and is available for $1.99 on iTunes. Check out a video below.

I would have to say that the number one reason for the iPhone’s dominance is the sheer usefulness that the apps provide. And here’s another useful trick that the iPhone has up it’s sleeve: You can use it as a hearing aid.

The $10 SoundAMP app lets you use the iPhone to enhance the sounds around you. CNET’s Rick Broida spent some time with the SoundAMP and he says that all you do is fire up SoundAMP and plug in a pair of earphones, then just raise or lower the oversize slider until you get the volume you want. Apparently it even has a kind of “audio DVR” feature that lets you replay the last 5 or 30 seconds of a conversation just by tapping an onscreen button.

If you believe that the iPhone is all set to become the new platform for portable gaming, why not dress it up appropriately, with a retro gaming classic? It’s a Game Boy on the outside and an iPhone on the inside.

Plus, it’s ironic. And adorable. And protective. And only $15. Seriously, if you call yourself a geek, you have to own this. Or the Playstation version. Your iPhone will suffer an identity crisis and may even start displaying in monochrome.