Ipad 3rd gen speaker grill.. is this normal?

I have a tiny pin protruding from my ipad 3rd gen speaker grill.
It pushes in and springs back out like a switch but never noticed it in 2 years.
Does anyone know what this is?

sorted....
it was a bit of propelling pencil lead that had got itself in there...

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Hi Chinmaypaseband,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
iOS 7.1 was released on March 10. Here is some information about it:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1732
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