Apps/app updates not downloading since ios 5.1

I've restarted the phone 6 or 7 times, signed out and back into the app store 5 or 6 times and app updates are stuck 'Waiting...' indefinitely.
iPhone 4S, >7GB free and 5 bars of '4G' service.

I'm having the same issue - you're not all crazy. It seems to have been an issues since yesterday 3/15 when i tried to update 4 apps before bed. Perhaps it's related to the many many apps being updated to retina display for the ipad that people are downloading. I also bought music in iTunes on my iPhone last night and the song downloads were intermittent.
The apps I'm "waiting" on dowloading were there by morning and I just clicked on two others that are saying "waiting" just now (3/16 morning) and we'll see how long they take before they load.
I also did the rebooting and closing / deleting of those same apps too and it didn't help things along. "Waiting" seems to be the thing to do unfortunately.

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