Ipad2 no longer updates apps

My ipad2 is acting strangely. I am running iOS 5.1 and in the last several days it has stopped updating applications. If more than 1 app is available for updates, if I say "update all" it will update all of the apps except the last one in the list - the app will just appear as "WAITING". If only 1 app is available for update, then it will just sit there as "WAITING". I can update via itunes, but I do not understand why the ipad will not update apps directly. I have an Iphone 4s tied to the same account and it has no difficulty updating applications.
Any ideas?
Mike

I am completely frustrated. Now the ipad will NOT UPDATE ANY APPS at all. I have done a hard reboot, I have signed out of the appstore and signed back in (after a reboot), I have signed out and done an update entering my pasword that way, - nothing works. What I get is the appstore saying that the apps are "installing" but the icons will say "waiting". Tapping on the icons does nothing at all.
The only way I can update the apps is to go into itunes, uninstall the apps from the ipad, then update itunes, then reinstall the apps to the ipad.
Does anyone have any ideas? There are no music downloads, no video downloads (I don't do any of that) pending nor was anything interrupted. What can I do to get this functional again?

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