That's iOS 6, not iOS 5. The original iPad is EOL'd on iOS 5.
The list you were replying to was the list of devices from 2008 and earlier that are end-of-lifed on iOS 4. That is also the list of devices that you basically have to abandon if you begin targeting iOS 6 and iPhone 5.
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http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
Bottom of this page.
That's iOS 6, not iOS 5. The original iPad is EOL'd on iOS 5.
The list you were replying to was the list of devices from 2008 and earlier that are end-of-lifed on iOS 4. That is also the list of devices that you basically have to abandon if you begin targeting iOS 6 and iPhone 5.
That's for iOS 6. The first-generation iPad will still run iOS 5.1.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1521
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Thanks for letting me know, I’m new here.