The tease trailer for Cause & Effect is cryptic to say the least but it certainly grabs your attention!

There is no specified date for the release of the game but you can check out the trailer and be notified when the game is released on the App Store.

Cause & Effect is exclusively for iPad.

Teaser Trailer
Notification page

The app consists of a mosaic frame that users add their own photos too and then adjust with a bunch of options. It has a slick interface and the sharing integration works very well.

Click on the links for more info:
Fragmented HD – Official Site
Fragmented HD – iTunes
Fragmented HD Flickr Group

• iMac  - $101 off
• MacBook Air – $101 off
• iPod Nano – $11 off
• iPad 2 – $41 – $61 off
• iPod Touch – $21 – $41 off
• MacBook Pro – $101 off

These discounts are pretty much the same as last year but no one can grumble at money off deals. If you’re looking at a shiny new device, roll on Friday!

The idea of a retina display on the iPad has long been talked about. There was suggestion that the iPad 2 would get a retina display but never surfaced due to Apple’s manufacturers struggling with the production and costs associated with such a high resolution screen.

New claims by DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim suggests that Apple has started production on the retina displays, he quotes:

“It’s happening–QXGA, 2048×1536. Panel production has started [for the next-generation iPad]. There’s three suppliers,” Richard Shim, an analyst at DisplaySearch, said in an interview today. Shim confirmed other reports that cite three companies, Samsung, Sharp, and LGD.”

With reports suggesting the iPad 3 will launch in the first half of 2012 and as early as March it’s not too long before we’ll know. However the reports are highly likely that the iPad 3 will carry a 2048×1536 display after background images of 2048×1536 were found in early versions of iOS 5.
 

**UPDATE**
Apple has now posted a teaser for their Black Friday event, with the following details:

“The special one-day Apple shopping event. This Friday, November 25.

Mark your calendar now, and come back to the Apple Online Store for the special one-day event. You’ll discover amazing iPad, iPod and Mac gifts for everyone on your list.”

The first Apple Retail Store opened 10 years ago today and since opening their very first store Apple haven’t looked back. Now with over 320 stores open worldwide and employing over 30,000 staff, Apple is surely sitting on the crest of their very own self built wave.

To celebrate the retail stores 10th anniversary I thought it would be a good idea to look at some of the products Apple were offering back in 2001 (cutting edge at the time) and some of the items they currently offer in their stores today. There’s also a video of Steve Jobs below giving viewers a sneak peek of the very first Apple Retail Store at Tysons Corner, VA.

Apple Retail Store Product Lineup Comparison – 2001 vs 2010

2011 – 15″ MacBook Pro
2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor
4GB Memory (expandable to 8GB)
500GB Hard drive (expandable to 750GB or solid state drive up-to 512GB)
Screen resolution 1440 x 900

2001 – 15″ PowerBook G4
500MHz PowerPC G4 processor
256MB memory (expandable to 1GB)
20GB Hard drive (expandable to 30GB)
Screen resolution 1152 x 768

2011 – 27″ iMac 
3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor
4GB memory (expandable to 8GB or 16GB on select models)
1TB Hard drive (expandable to 2TB)
Screen resolution 2560 x 1440

2001 – 15″ CRT iMac
600MHz PowerPC G3 processor
128MB memory (expandable to 1GB)
40GB Hard Drive (not expandable)
Screen resolution – Built-in 15-inch shadow-mask CRT (13.8-inch diagonal viewable image size); 0.28-mm dot pitch

2011 – iPod Touch 
64GB Flash drive (max)
Screen resolution – 3.5 inch 960 x 640
Battery – 40 hours play time
User input – Multi-Touch display

2001 – iPod
5GB or 10GB Hard drive
Screen resolution – 2 inch 160 x 128
Battery – 10 hours play time
User input – Click wheel

So there you have it, some of Apple product comparisons from ‘Then’ and ‘Now’.

Technology has come a mighty long way in 10 years, who knows what the next 10 years hold!

Here’s just a few of the products that didn’t even exist in Apple’s portfolio in 2001, and perhaps weren’t even on the agenda apart from a tiny little thought in the mind of Steve Jobs, maybe not even he knew these products were going to exist back in 2001. They don’t need an introduction!

iPad

iPhone

MacBook Air

I will leave you with a video of Steve Jobs in 2001 showing off the very first Apple Retail Store…enjoy!

Angry Birds fan?

Then you might be interested in these Angry Birds iPad 2 cases from Gear4.

Apparently they protect the back of your iPad 2 and have precision cut-outs for the ports which allows you to use the camera on the rear of your shiny gadget as well as the ability to charge and sync without removing the case. They also have a special formulated coating so as not to scratch your iPad when in use.

You can buy them off the Gear4 website at a cost of $49.99 each or £34.99 if you’re in the UK.

Visit the Gear4 USA site
Visit the Gear4 UK site

The UK Government have recently proposed to cut Legal Aid in the UK which hasn’t gone down well for obvious reasons. The team behind the Sound Off For Justice campaign have gone ahead and fitted a number of black cabs with iPads so that passengers can record their complaints about the proposed cut and have it sent directly (using the iPads built in 3G) to Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke.

Passengers will also get a free ride within zones 1-2 of the London capital if they sound off and make their opinions heard!

Seagate have just recently announced their latest portable HD. Now hard drives don’t tend to be overly exciting but this one is different in the fact it can stream files wirelessly to a number of devices including the iPad and other iOS devices. So in effect it is a 500GB HD and media streamer, you can easily just drag and drop files to it and then take it with you on a long journey and stream all those movies you popped on it to your iPad or iPhone….surely that’s sure to keep the kids entertained and you as well for that matter.

Engadget seem to like it and have reviewed it here.

Apple has released iOS 4.3.2 for all their mobile devices including iPad.

The update contains improvements and other bug fixes including:

• Fixes an issue that occasionally caused blank or frozen video during a FaceTime call
• Fixes an issue that prevented some international users from connecting to 3G networks on iPad Wi-Fi + 3G
• Contains the latest security updates