4.2.1 stops and freezes my iPad it wont do a complete update !!!

After finding 4.2.1 eventually I sat my iPad on the desk and left it...coming back to it I find that it wont go past 75% and it just keeps freezing...my poor iPad. !!!!!!

After the backup process finished (nearly an hour long), got an unable to update error. DFU and restore seemed to go all right and iPad reappeared in iTunes rocking the 4.2.1 version number.
It began the "preparing to sync" process about 30mins ago and it seems stuck on Step 1 of 3. No movement in the progress bar and the beach ball is spinning away whenever I mouse over iTunes.
Will try to Force Quit iTunes and see what happens.
UPDATE: Unplugged the iPad and hard-reset twice - no joy. Startup progress gets to about 90% point and stops.
Did Apple just brick my iPad?
2nd UPDATE: Patience is indeed a virtue. As I continued to research the issue, I left the iPad in its apparent bricked state. Suddenly the iPad appeared with the standard set of icons. It now seems to be syncing as it should in iTunes.
Apple - Really? There's no way to provide succinct progress information during an update?
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