Interesting thing I noticed today that I hadn’t before about the supposed silly decision of Apple’s to make the rotation lock switch into a mute toggle. I use my iPad day in and day out for all sorts of things, and was pretty upset about the switch from rotation lock to mute in 4.2. But in actual use, I’ve learned something revealing:

Prior to 4.2, there was no way to mute the iPad without unlocking it (hardware volume controls only work once the device is unlocked). Unfortunately, unlocking it makes noise.

The hardware mute switch makes sense on the iPad because there is a purpose to using it with the device in sleep mode and when awake. There is no purpose in the hardware rotation lock when your iPad is asleep – what effect would it have on a blank screen?

I was able to drive to the mall today and go inside the local Apple Store to use one. I played with it for about forty-five minutes. There’s absolutely no shortage of iPhones, anywhere. So, consider this my mini-review.

I will be posting later today about ALL OF JUNE… everything you wanted to know about what happened during my June, but in a single post! You can’t wait? I can’t, either! But for now, be content with this little iPhone review.

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