Sync In Progess

my iPad has been syncing for over 6 hours....?! when I first purchased, it was taking about 2 hours, then the last few times, it only took about 15 minutes, now it has been over 6 hours?! I havent changed any of the settings, bought a few apps, games, could this be the huge hang up? thanks for any replies!!

Even two hours is too long.
Check out pages 170 and 171:
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#ipad

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