The iPad’s screen-lock switch, previously removed in a software update, will be back soon by popular demand.
Apple moments ago released a beta version of iOS 4.3, the next version of its mobile operating system. Some beta testers have noticed that a menu option allows iPad customers to set the physical switch to lock the screen to stay in landscape or portrait mode.
The iPad already used to do this in older versions of iOS. However, in iOS 4.2 Apple turned the switch into a mute button.
Several iPad customers polled by Wired.com found that modification to be extremely annoying: Many use Apple’s tablet for reading and watching video (rather than listening to music), so a screen-lock switch was far more useful than a mute switch.
Now, thanks to many vocal nerds who complained about the change, iOS 4.3 appears to allow iPad customers to set the switch’s functionality to locking the screen or muting the volume. The screenshot above comes from a beta version of iOS 4.3, which means it will likely make it to the final version of the software update.
Hurray ? yours truly along with Wired.com’s Charlie Sorrel will be glad whenever iOS 4.3 officially ships. This is even better news to us than the earlier discovery of a wireless hotspot feature in iOS 4.3 for iPhones.
See Also:
- Steve Jobs: iPad Screen-Lock Switch Is Gone for Good
- IOS 4.2 Changes iPad Screen-Lock Switch to Mute Button
- iPad Gets New Button: Screen Rotation Lock
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/PWLNQt7bqLo/
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