[fr0sty]

> "Did you even read TFA?"

Yes. Did you miss this?

>"If you update an app to an iOS 6 version in iTunes on your computer and then try to sync your iPad 1, the old version of the app will just get removed from your iPad 1. The home screen on my iPod Touch 1G is pretty barren."

[w0utert]

Then don't sync your iOS 6 applications to your 1st-gen iPad, it only takes one checkbox in iTunes, which isn't even enabled by default. Problem solved.

[pktrnd]

You should be yelling at the developers who are requiring iOS 6. There are usually ways to incorporate new OS features, without requiring the new OS - kind of like html5 websites that are still visible and functional. It's laziness on the developers part to require a brand new OS.