HT5192 I am trying to update ios5 and it says to go to settings, general then software updates but software updates is not there.

Can anyone help?

What version of iOS are you currently on (Settings > General > About > Version) ? If you are on iOS 4 or below then you can only update via your computer's iTunes, it is only after you have iOS 5+ on the iPad that future updates can be done directly on the iPad via Settings > General
Updating to iOS 5 : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972

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