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by raesene2 5014 days ago
Whilst I think it is a bit hyperbolic to describe it as a paperweight, I think that one significant problem is the lack of security updates for the iPad 1. iOS6 patched a large number of CVEs http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 so any device which doesn't either go to iOS6 or get a maintenance release of iOS5 (which I'm not aware is planned) will be vulnerable to a variety of known security issues.