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1st gen iPad and iOS 6

I'm a first gen iPad user. I don't understand why Apple is completely neglecting us. I can understand holding off on the cooler stuff for the newer iPads but we are the people who helped the iPad turn into what it has. Atleast give us and updated email, safari and stores. Why not? Androids have had those features for awhile. Just give us the second best thing out their. Don't let your three year old product fall behind the pack of android tablets. We paid to much for that. This is an Apple product, people respect that. When people ask us if they should buy an iPad, we don't want to have to say "buy an Android, they care about you even when your device is three years old, Apple forgot about us."

iPad, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 11, 2012 8:28 PM

301 replies

deggie

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Jun 12, 2012 5:07 PM in response to Tekneek

Just wondering, have you had a chance to download and install iPhoto or Photoshop Elements on your iPad 1 yet?

dr4lif

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Jun 12, 2012 6:12 PM in response to StevenTheHorse

Well, direct your concerns to apple. Who knows, maybe they change their minds :)

Tekneek

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Jun 12, 2012 6:18 PM in response to deggie

deggie wrote:

Just wondering, have you had a chance to download and install iPhoto or Photoshop Elements on your iPad 1 yet?

Those look like pay apps that I have no interest in. I'm not buying apps simply for testing purposes unless I am going to be fronted the cost.

deggie

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Jun 12, 2012 6:26 PM in response to Tekneek

OK, but how about just looking and reading the minimum requirements?

Tekneek

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Jun 12, 2012 6:52 PM in response to deggie

deggie wrote:

OK, but how about just looking and reading the minimum requirements?

Interesting that iPhone 3GS and iPod touch are not on the list.

I know they didn't start out selling these apps to iPad first generation owners, right? Doesn't seem the same to me as taking a device to end-of-life less than 2.5 years after release.

Philly_Phan

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Jun 12, 2012 6:55 PM in response to Tekneek

Tekneek wrote:

Doesn't seem the same to me as taking a device to end-of-life less than 2.5 years after release.

End of life? Aaagh! My original iPad will stop working!!!

deggie

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Jun 12, 2012 7:00 PM in response to Tekneek

I sold my iPad 1 to some friends who have a 7=month old child that loves it. Does everything they want. They have no concerns about not being able to run iOS 6. My brother-in-law uses an iPhone 3G hand-me-down running 4.2.1. It makes and takes calls, he texts, he plays a lot of Words with Friends. He is quite happy with it and has no desire to upgrade it does what he wants. It is not end-of-life to him.

Jun 12, 2012 7:02 PM in response to deggie

And has he noticed any "security concerns?" I'm betting not.

Tekneek

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Jun 12, 2012 7:08 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

If most people noticed security concerns, we wouldn't rely on security researchers to uncover most of them.

Tekneek

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Jun 12, 2012 7:09 PM in response to Philly_Phan

It seems you do not understand the term. Look it up in Wikipedia. It means it is no longer being supported. It does not mean it simply stops working.

Tekneek

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Jun 12, 2012 7:12 PM in response to deggie

It is end of life for everyone, whether they care or not or even notice.

Philly_Phan

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Jun 12, 2012 7:15 PM in response to Tekneek

Tekneek wrote:

It seems you do not understand the term. Look it up in Wikipedia. It means it is no longer being supported. It does not mean it simply stops working.

It seems that you don't read your own links.

End-of-life (EOL) is a term used with respect to a product supplied to customers, indicating that the product is in the end of its useful lifetime...

The original iPad will no longer be useful? Bull!

Philly_Phan

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Jun 12, 2012 7:16 PM in response to Tekneek

Tekneek wrote:

It is end of life for everyone, whether they care or not or even notice.

Grow up.

Tekneek

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Jun 12, 2012 7:20 PM in response to Philly_Phan

You're just trolling me now and I do not appreciate it.

"End-of-life (EOL) is a term used with respect to a product supplied to customers, indicating that the product is in the end of its useful lifetime and a vendor will no longer be marketing, selling, or sustaining a particular product and may also be limiting or ending support for the product."

Philly_Phan

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Jun 12, 2012 7:24 PM in response to Tekneek

Trolling?

Like I said earlier, grow up.

1st gen iPad and iOS 6