[Rant]Where on earth do you get your information and ideas from?
1. It's still supported
2. It still works - I have a 1st gen iPad for mail, web, books, office apps (many), note-taking, GPS and amny others. All I don't get are movie/music editing and the new Maps
3. Where do you get the idea that Apple should "do something" for 1st gen owners? And why now? Did you expect Apple to stop developing and evolving the device?
I'm utterly at a loss to understand this moral outrage any time Apple, or anyone else, brings out a new model or a new software version. Technology is synonymous with very rapid changes, and has been for 40 years. Hasn't anyone noticed how quickly phones, PCs, cars, TVs, cameras etc get replaced?[\Rant]