Bring Back The Lock Steve!

"I upgraded my iPad to iOS 4.2 today. I was so happy. Then I spent 30 minutes wondering why I lost my audio... until I remembered one of its new "features": Transform the iPad's screen lock into the mute switch."

The biggest problem I have seen so far with the iOS 4.2 update on the iPad. This really annoys me, more than I thought it would as I use the lock, or what used to be the lock, quite a bit. Yes, I know, it's simple procedure to lock the orientation using the touch screen by clicking twice on the home button, slide your finger left and tap to lock the screen, but it was so much easier with the button. I'm hoping that Apple takes the user opinions into account but I'm not sure they will.