IOS 5 slow - ruined my iPad

Apple, how could you do this to us? We upgraded our iPads (v1.0) to i5, and now they barely work. So slow as to make them nearly unusable. Oh, how I wish I hadn't upgraded. I loved this little tablet. Please help your loyal customers, and fix this problem for us. Don't let us hang. Don't make excuses like you did for the iPhone 4 antenna problem.
We desperately need you to either fix iOS 5, or allow us to downgrade to 4. Please acknowledge this problem, and stop suggesting things like "shutting down and restarting, or turning off iCloud." This only makes you look worse, as neither option helps, and turning off iCloud is exactly the opposite of what you want us to do.
It might be a little insensitive of me to say it, but if Mr. Jobs were still here, there would be blood in the aisles at Apple right now. Lots and lots of blood.
Respectfully yours,
John

Unfortunately your suggestion didn't help. However, Apple did the right thing and released 5.0.1. My iPad has returned to its former speed, and there are fewer app crashes. So once again my iPad works well.
As for my comment about it being unusuble, this was no exaggeration. Take typing for instance. I would press a letter and it would just freeze for 3 to 5 seconds. It was like typing in ultra slow motion... Unusable. Switching tabs in Safari could take up to 20 seconds... Unusable. Apps would crash withing 5 seconds of opening, and just keep crashing repeatedly... So unusable.
I think you get my point.
Thanks for the fix Apple. You did the right thing.

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