Apple is turning the physical switch on the iPad into a mute button whether you like it or not, according to a purported e-mail sent by Steve Jobs.
The switch on the iPad currently locks or unlocks screen orientation on the device, but in beta versions of the next iOS update (4.2), it instead mutes or unmutes audio, just like the switch does on the iPhone.
An iPad customer claims he sent Jobs an e-mail asking whether the switch could be optionally set to lock screen orientation rather than mute audio, and the CEO replied, "Nope."
Well, that stinks. From my testing of iOS 4.2 beta on an iPad, I'm not a fan of the change, nor are many others I've spoken to. The button to decrease volume already mutes the iPad if you hold it down, so why do we need a switch to do the same thing?
See Also:
- iOS 4.2 First Look: iPad Gets Multitasking, Printing
- IOS 4.2 Changes iPad Screen-Lock Switch to Mute Button
- Apple Announces New Versions of iOS
Photo: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
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