While the iPad's ability to stay fixed in portrait or landscape mode is useful for some scenarios, such as full-screen presentations or reading e-books, allowing the display to rotate based on how ...

A unique feature of the iPad is the configurable side button. The button on the side of the iPad can be configured to mute the audio output on the tablet or to lock the screen position. The Control ...

There’s an interesting change in the way iOS 4.2 handles orientation lock on the iPad… one that indicates a curious design backpedal on the part of Cupertino. Previously, orientation lock on the iPad ...

A lot of attention has been paid to the iPad Air 2's slimmed-down design, but one of the most striking changes — the removal of the orientation lock/mute switch — is a significant evolution in Apple's ...

Speaking of things we don’t like about iOS 4.2 for iPad: Apple changed the orientation lock button and made it a mute switch. Then, they put the orientation lock in the multitasking tray, which you ...

Apple has made its minimalist reputation by paring down hardware controls to the bare necessities, and one of the more useful switches has been the screen rotation lock on the side of the iPad.

MacLocks just added what it calls “The First iPad Security Cable Lock”, the iPad Lock - a clear plastic iPad case that can be closed with a lock (same locking mechanism as a bike lock) and tethered to ...

Fans of the iPad's physical orientation lock switch will soon have to switch in software, with Steve Jobs himself apparently confirming no changeable settings option for the switch to work the way you ...

It’s not a front-facing camera, but Apple has added something to the iPad since announcing it: A button on the side that locks the screen orientation. Update: Okay, not new, we just figured it was the ...

The developer build of iOS 4.2 brings with it a handful of changes, one of which changes some hardware functionality users may be accustomed to. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple ...

Hopefully it makes it to the RC. =) It was ridiculous that they changed it for the sake of uniformity. I like how they seem to dovetail with 10.7's Mission Control commands. Can't wait to try 'em out.

Having transitioned to living in a post PC world, I find myself feeling very PC (positionally correct) when it comes to the iPad. Using an iPad as my primary computing device, it’s not the limitations ...