Looks like Apple has been hard at work making some final tweaks to the design and functionalist of the iPad. As you can see in the image above, previously there was a mute switch above the volume ...

The easiest way to rotate your iPhone or iPad screen is by physically tilting the device. As long as the Orientation Lock toggle isn't turned on, you can easily switch between Portrait and Landscape ...

That is all. I don't need a mute switch on my iPad. I don't like having to double tap and swipe and tap and double tap to lock and unlock the rotation. The hardware rotation lock switch was brilliant.

It wasn't there in January, but it's sure there now: the iPad seems to have traded its mute switch for a screen rotation lock ahead of its official launch on April 3.

On iPhone, Apple includes a Rotation Lock feature that when enabled locks the screen orientation so that it doesn't change when you rotate the device. Rotation Lock is usually enabled or disabled by ...