Why a lock screen?

It can still contain a bunch of personal information you may not want someone outside of your home accessing when you're not looking.

 

By defualt, there's no password-lock, just slide-to-unlock.

 

If yours came password protected how did you know he code?

 

The lock screen displays the time and date in a larger format than the standard home screen. It also allows you to tap the "Picture Frame Mode" icon to turn the iPad into a picture frame.

 

It doesn't chime password protected, you need to set it up to use a password in Settings.

 

iPhone lock screen: The whole point of the lock screen on the iPhone, like other phones, is to stop accidental button presses when carrying your PORTABLE device from one location to another.

iPad lock screen: The whole point of the lock screen on the iPad, like on the iPhone etc, is to stop accidental button presses when carrying your PORTABLE device from one location to another.

Simples

 

It simply depends on how you use the device. I find pressing the home button AND slide to unlock annoying and excessive. How about just pressing the home button to unlock or a double tap. If you are just using it casually around the house this would be fine. I think that is a huge portion of the market.

I really like the device and may get a second, but seems a little too ported from my iPhone.

 

I'm using my iPad as a controller for the home theater and it IS annoying to slide to unlock.

 

Control4?

Are you using it via Control4?

 

So my IT department can make sure I have some security on my exchange email account.

 

Go to Settings > General > Auto-Lock and choose Never. Then it only locks when you use the button up top and doesn't lock when you set it down. Problem solved.

 

The non-password lock screen is just so you don't activate the iPad by mistake. Needed? Maybe not, but an open faced device should have some locking system so the dog, cat, baby don't go wild. If I could disable the slider, I probably would.

 

Using HSTouch from a company called HomeSeer.

 

I wish you could disable the lock screen if you don't have a password set.

 

I agree. Disabling the "slide to unlock" would be fantastic. It's not an issue on my iPhone, but I don't see a need for it on my iPad. Giving us the choice would be a welcome upgrade IMO.