IOS 5.0.1 update on an iPhone 4S:  "not eligible for the requested build"???

I just connected my iPhone 4S to iTunes and clicked "update".  It downloaded the update (took about 10 minutes), and then reports:  "The iPhone could not be updated.  This device isn't eligible for the requested build."
I thought the iPhone 4S was the main target audience for this update?  (though actually, I haven't had battery life issues with 5.0 on my iPhone, by my iPad 1 has had the auto time zone problem from the moment I updated— so I'm actually hoping for it more for the iPad than the iPhone...)
Is there something else coming eventually for the 4S ??

Over the air worked for the iPhone— but why shouldn't the iTunes update work, too?
I get the same error (not eligible) for my iPad 1 in iTunes, but I can't seem to do an over the air update on that one, because after downloading, it just says "Software Update Failed: An error occurred downloading iOS 5.0.1".  I don't know if there are different servers for iPads vs iPhones, but I guess I'll just wait and try the iPad later. (ironically, it was only the iPad, not the iPhone, that had any battery issues with iOS5, due to the auto time zone thing.  The iPhone was fine, so the update was less urgent for it anyway...)
Anyway, that's now an iPad problem, not an iPhone problem!

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