New iPad 3 - do i HAVE to install iOS6 during activation?

Hello -
I would like to stick with the iOS 5 for the time being (until the Google Maps app is back or something equivalent), and I am wondering what the options are with a brand-new iPad 3 / iPad touch / iPhone 4S. I faintly remember that I did not have to connect to itunes setting up my father's iPad last year - all that was necessary was getting an Apple ID for him. Also, I do remember having read somewhere that for activating an iPod Touch, no iTunes necessary and no installations.
Am I remembering correctly?
Is this also the case for the iPod Touch?
I would think it is NOT the case for the iPhone...
Can anyone explain why some devices need to have the newest iOS installed upon activation, and others not? What is the discerning feature? Phone services?
Thank you very much!

Hello -
I can't believe that no one knows anything about this, so I must have either asked something really outlandish or phrased my question insufficiently clearly -
Is there a way to operate a brand-new iPad 3 (which I have yet to buy) without activating it in itunes (by which I might risk being forced to update to iOS 6)?
Or are activation and synchronisation of new devices in iTunes completely independent of availableiOS updates? For example, could I connect a new iPad or iPhone to my itunes, activate it and synchronise it WITHOUT being shoehorned into an iOS update?
If these questions seem to make no sense because, for example, one is NEVER forced to update to the latest iOS when activating a new device such as the iPad/iPhone through itunes, then I would appreciate information along those lines very much as well, because I simply don't remember. Last time I bought a device and activated it was an iPhone 4S which I regrettably updated to iOS 6 on the 23rd of September. I did a number of restores from old backups because someone told me that for a short period Apple keeps the new and the previous iOS available, but here you ARE forced to update to the latest iOS, no choice was given. Possibly these different issues are being mixed up with each other in my memory.
I would appreciate any helpful input on the topic, thank you.
Best regards, minutes

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