Having iOS6 be good to go with a 3GS phone and not the first-gen iPad is a pretty serious FU from apple.
For a 500 dollar plus device to go from introduction to "ready for the landfill" in less than a 1000 days is pretty sad.
Note: they still sell the 3GS. The original iPad hasn't been sold by Apple in more than a year and a half. That is the difference.