iPad Does anybody here use the iPad in portrait mode at all?

i'm the exact opposite. nearly exclusively in portrait mode. like a book.

it's great that it supports both preferences.

I use it in portrait all the time unless watching a movie

Closingracer said:

I use it in portrait all the time unless watching a movie

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This and the odd game.

I alternate so much that I was really pissed when Apple got rid of the orientation lock switch. I still have my original iPad Air so will be enjoying the switch for some time, but when it comes time to upgrade I will miss it big time!

How hard was it for them to keep the switch around, or at least maybe convert it into a button? (hold it down for 1s to toggle)

I use portrait mode for iBooks and landscape for Safari.

I use it exclusively in portrait mode, except for a couple games where there is no choice...

I use it 90% of the time in landscape but mostly because my case makes it a pain to use it in portrait. When I take the case off I immediately feel like using it in portrait.

I use portrait mode a lot, even more so since I switched from a full size to a mini. I think it was a great call by Apple to give the iPad a 4:3 aspect ratio, as this is what facilitates a good portrait mode experience.

Yes almost exclusively.

Use it in portrait mode all of the time except for when watching movies/videos or using Safari

I'm almost exclusively a portrait user.

zorinlynx said:

I alternate so much that I was really pissed when Apple got rid of the orientation lock switch. I still have my original iPad Air so will be enjoying the switch for some time, but when it comes time to upgrade I will miss it big time!

How hard was it for them to keep the switch around, or at least maybe convert it into a button? (hold it down for 1s to toggle)

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You can do this in control center. Nice and easy with fewer physical buttons that can break.

95% portrait mode

Yes about 99% of the time. In fact I have the rotation lock on.

Portrait unless watching a video or browsing pictures.

I like portrait orientation more.

90% of the time I use in portrait mode. The only times I use it landscape is for some games and movies.

Thus I wonder why most of ipad cases offer landscape viewing. There should be equal cases that offer portrait viewing like moshi versacover.

i find portrait mode more natural. maybe if it ran an OS similar to OS X i would find landscape more natural.

I am a what you might call a power user ;-) , all I use is iPad, when I am working at a desk it is in landscape, I use it in portrate hardly ever, it's also much easier to type with it in landscape as the keyboard is bigger.

Most of the time, yeah. It feels more like a natural piece of paper in portrait.

I only use it in landscape for:
- games
- videos
- rare website that plays better with landscape
- when in my keyboard cover

It depends on what I'm doing. Mostly landscape though as I use a keyboard case.

For reading articles and web browsing I tend to use it in portrait. For games and videos I use in landscape.

just like my iPhone I mostly use it in portrait mode unless I am watching something or a game requires it

The only issue I have with my ipad mini is the audio playback system, it sucks...it is one sided when not using headphones, if you hold the ipad in landscape mode all the sound plays out of one side, which bizarrely for reasons only known to Jony, is called stereo..

Given there are 2 sections of small dots, I assume are audio holes, under-which are 2 mono speakers when stereo is selected plays stereo audio...

Why not have the 2nd of the tiny speakers on the opposite side of the ipad when held in landscape mode???

Using my Tablet (almost) only in landscape mode.