Why can't I complete an iCloud backup on my iPad?

I'm unable to complete an iCloud backup on my iPad. It gets to the point where the progress bar starts working, but eventually says that it was unable to backup, without giving a reason
Any ideas?

  -> Systemsettings -> iCloud.
You must have OSX 10.7.2 , else it is not part of OSX.
for iOS : version 5 is needed, tap Settings -> iCloud.

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