I would be agreeing with the other commenters suggesting that iOS6 adoption rates are good and blah, blah if I didn't have an iPad 1! Since I do, I'm fucked on this, and it's a bummer.
This is why I decided last week to sell my first gen iPad to Gazelle for $160. (Not intended to be a plug: see also Amazon, Apple, craigslist, eBay, uSell, and others.)
I am going to live without an iPad until this mini/nano/Air thing shows up, hopefully soon, and put the dollars toward one of those.