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 ...

Open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen (or swiping down from the top right on iPhone X and newer). Tap the Lock Rotation / Lock Orientation button a second time, so that the ...

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 ...

Everyone and their grandmother, who might have just received an iPhone and is still getting used to it, probably hate one iOS quirk that Apple has yet to permanently fix: The orientation lock. There's ...

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.

Pull down Control Center from the top right. Make sure your iPad is in the orientation you’d like it to be locked in. Underneath the system functions (Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc)., tap on ...