1st gen iPad and iOS 6

Guys, this has become boring.

I'm with you on that.

Your quote would be more appropriate for a product line, not a model of a product line. Apple still markets, sells and supports iPads. And they still support the iPad 1, you can get it serviced, do an out-of-warranty replacement for accidental damage and warranty service for a manufacturers defect for some that are still in warranty. You can still buy music, apps, videos, books. Even after this fall.

A better example for your quote would be the Mac Pro. Does look like the end of the line for it.

Supposedly Tim Cook said there would be a new Mac Pro next year.

At the keynote?

I read that there was a minor update to the Mac Pro, unannounced, and that a refresh was coming in 2013.

No, Monday in an email that is also backed up by Apple PR;

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/06/12/tim_cook_confirms_updated_mac_pro_ coming_in_2013.html

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/12/apple-spokesperson-confirms-new-mac-pro-and- imac-designs-likely-coming-in-2013/

While it ***** if the iPad1 doesnt get iOS 6, it would be nice if they just continued to push fixes and optimizations on iOS 5.

We just got an iPad1 from family and I read that video mirroring isnt possible on 1st gen.. If thats the case, that would be the only thing I would really love to have. I can live with iOS 5 =P

Y'know, I am actually pretty disappointed in Apple the more I think about it. Some of those features being disabled for certain models is OK, but Turn to Turn navigation? VIP Mail? That's just cruel to not include, it'll make customers angry because they'll buy an iPhone 4 and it won't even have the features that Apple will advertise. They're making some bad decisions here by not including some incredibly simple features that have no effect on hardware at all, and they're turning into cash hoarders, it's like they can't give a little back after having $100 billion+ in the bank.

Chart taken from Engadget.

Well they can't add turn by turn because the iPad 1 doesn't have GPS does it? It would be nice to have the other features though.

The iPad was selling just 11 months ago. When iOS6 comes out I'll be able to buy/upload less and less apps, meaning my iPad will no longer do the job it was sold to do. Building in an 'end of life' is illegal in the UK, especially after such a brief life.

Now, I also have an iPhone 4s and an iPad 3, but I am disappointed that my old iPad will lose the ability to run the same software.

I'm now regretting getting the iPad 3. Does this mean a new OS will come out in March 2013 that I won't be able to run?

The trouble isn't the new update to iOS6.

The trouble is if you need restart your iPad and the Apps have been update to iOS6, You can not install many Apps updated to iOS6.

So we can not update freely all our paid Apps from iTunes.

You need backup of funtional Apps or ipas for future restart.
Maybe you can not restart your iPad again in future.
This is a death sentence for the iPad 1G.

If any of your apps are updated to require iOS6, nobody will force you to accept the update.

Were you happy with your iPad 1 last week? It has not changed this week. It is still the same hardware you were happy with, runing the same iOS you were happy with.

"Death sentence"? Ridiculous.

It is no Ridiculous.

Well, nothing forces to me to update, but when I update my paid Apps from itunes I dont watch if this update will not work in my iPad.

Since now, I will be very care to update anything.

If I need to restart in future, I will not can install Page or Numbers if they were updated to iOS6.

I think it is not ridiculous in nothing.