App orientation: The app responds automatically to the orientation that the device reports to the app. This is not something that the app controls – it is part of the iOS operating system. If the orientation is upside down, you would need to tilt the device towards you to re-orient it to your side. The landscape/portrait changes in view follow Apple’s recommendations – a lot of apps use the same paradigm in their design. It is possible to set the orientation lock on the iPad – this would prevent it ever going into landscape mode or upside down portrait mode, regardless of how the device is held.