IOS 7.1 update - Icloud Mail appears broken on iPad Air

Since installing the iOS7.1 update I have been unable to get icloud mail to work on my iPad Air.
Its not an iCloud problem (i don't think) because on my two macs i can access my icloud via both the web browser and email apps. I can send and receive emails on all these variants.
However, all i see on the iPad is the message "cannot get Mail. connection to server failed"
I tried all of Apples troubleshooting suggestions, and nothing worked. I have deleted the icloud account and re-installed it (twice) and all that happens now is all the previous emails have vanished from my iPad, and whenever i try to open Icloud email i get asked for my password and my Inbox remains blank....and periodically i get asked for the pssword again, and again, and again....
Weirdly, i can still send emails without problems, and a copy remains in the outbox too.
What is really p!$$!ng me off is this iPad has worked perfectly since i bought it, whilst my wifes identical device has been plagued with crashing problems since we bought them a day after launch.
Now i cannot access my email, and i'm no longer eligible for tech support...even though the ipad is just over 4 months old and this is a problem that appears to have been created by Apple.
Any suggestions?

i seem to have found a solution to the email problem!
http:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864?viewlocale=en_US
add a new mail account, but instead of picking the built-in iCloud option, i had to choose other and then enter the IMAP details manually.
Once that was entered, i went into the iCloud settings and switched Mail off. Then back in the email settings i renamed the account description to iCloud.
thats three hours of time i could have done without wasting!

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