I am disappointed that so few of the IOS 6 improvements made it to the iPad2. I feel as if we are being ignored on devices that are only a year or so old. And the iPad 2 is still being sold as a new device. Obsolescence at this level is IMHO unacceptable. There is no way a device this new should be incapable of handling more of the features that made it to the iPad 3. I'm pretty upset.
Even my seven year old laptop can be upgraded to the new Windows 8 - and it even runs faster than ever! (I have Win8 Release Preview on it now, and it has gone from Vista to Windows 7 before that.) Yes my screen resolution won't let me have multiple Metro windows and my hardware doesn't have a touch screen, but that's about it. And I am confident that I could replace my laptop with a new super duper Windows 8 tablet/laptop combo when they come put and not face the same level of obsolescence within a year or two.
I cannot say the same for my iPad 2, which by the way I Love.
But technology does march on and leave us behind. Can't deny that I guess.