[TeeOff]

The moral of any story is to read the story before commenting:

"...your 1G iPad will become little more than an expensive paperweight as new apps and updates to your existing apps start to require iOS 6"

Not updating aiPad 1 will not amend this problem... Sorry.

[simias]

Do they still provide security updates for older iOS versions? Or do they drop the support altogether once a new one is out?

Having an unpatched tablet connecting to all kinds of... "wild" and untrusted networks (as tablets are wont to be) seems a bit risky.