Ok, but how come when I pushed the power button the music would stop? Was I 
pushing it too long?  And yeah I know a case would prevent anything touching 
the screen, but my backpack has a suspended padded compartment so I was just 
going to put it in there, but hopefully while having a podcast or music going.
I also have a sling with suspended padding as well.

On May 7, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote:

> Two points! First you can lock the ipad screen by pressing the power button. 
> Also using a case would cover the screen completely preventing any sort of 
> "screen presses". 
> 
> Sent from the iPad I wish I had
> 
> On May 7, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I don't think you need to worry about accidental screen presses.  The screen 
>> reacts to your skin not pressure.  So having it in a big should be fine. 
>> On May 7, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I thought I'd ask this here because of the recent iPad talk on this list.  
>>> Topic related part of this is that I'm considering an iPad as a more 
>>> Zoomable media Player/Content viewer/creator.  That said, can one have this 
>>> thing in a bag or backpack playing back music or a podcast?  What about 
>>> accidental screen presses?  I tried activating the screen lock switch at 
>>> the store, but that's only for locking the screen from being rotated.  I 
>>> thought the power button would freeze the controls, but that shuts off 
>>> everything and puts it to sleep.  I thought with an iPad I could leave my 
>>> ipod at home and just use the iPad to listen to music.  Is this not 
>>> possible in transit?  What about with a case?  I think a dedicated hold 
>>> button would be really nice, but I'm guessing that would be asking too much 
>>> as they'd have to redesign the hardware.  I'm really embarrassed to ask 
>>> this stuff, as I'm applying at the Apple store and this should be something 
>>> I'd know.  TIA.
>>> 
>>> Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates)
>>> Pete Nalda
>>> http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda
>>> http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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