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iPad Live 88: The last iPad Live ever!

By , Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012
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Georgia, Rene, and Seth talk iMore (that’s our new name!) at CES 2012, Apple’s education event, supplier responsibility, iPad 3 rumors, and the return of the mute switch debate. Join

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iOS 4.3 for iPad gives option of mute switch… or orientation lock!

By , Wednesday, Jan 12, 2011
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We’re hearing that the just released iOS 4.3 beta gives users an option in settings to toggle between mute and orientation lock in settings.

When iPad originally shipped with iOS

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Does iPad 4.2 mute switch make more sense for iPad 2 with FaceTime?

By , Monday, Oct 25, 2010
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The godfather of iOS development, Craig Hockenberry wondered out loud on Twitter about just why Apple would change the iPad’s hardware orientation lock to a mute switch in iOS

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Steve Jobs: iPad 4.2 mute switch not changing, not user-definable

By , Sunday, Oct 24, 2010
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Ever since the iOS 4.2 beta for iPad came out, some people have been a little upset about the hardware orientation lock being changed into an iPhone-like mute switch. There’s

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iPad on iOS 4: Orientation lock goes software, switch goes mute, brightness gets slider

By , Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010
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iOS 4.2 on iPad becomes like iPhone, with the hardware orientation lock changed to a mute switch, and a software orientation lock added to the fast app switcher UI’s widget

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Goodbye iPad Mute Switch, Hello iPad Orientation Lock Switch

By , Friday, Mar 12, 2010
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Something has changed on Apple.com’s revamped iPad specs page — the mute switch is gone and in its place, a physical hardware button for “screen orientation lock”. That’s right, now

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