Thread: iPad iOS 4.2 kills the orientation lock switch
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Old 10-29-2010, 08:33 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by leonardfrye View Post
I don't know about the iPhone but on the iPod Touch the software lock forces the device to be in portrait mode. As far as I know you can not lock the device in landscape mode. Does anyone know if this will be different in iOS 4.2? I'm pretty sure that with the hardware switch on the iPad you could lock your device in either portrait or landscape mode. Maybe now we will be stuck with portrait mode lock only.
It is the same with the iPhone (certainly the 3GS) - however, the iPhone only has the main screen(s) available in portrait - the iPad can have them in portrait or landscape, so that may make a difference.
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