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Nearly a week after promising to fix problems related to iOS devices overloading Exchange servers after being updated to iOS 6.1 due to issues with calendar sync, Apple has released the iOS 6.1.2 update to resolve the glitch. The update is available for iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S,iPhone 5, all iPads following iPad 2 and all iPod touch devices after the 4th generation iPod touch. The size of the update for the iPhone 4S was 11.5MB, while it was 12.8MB on the iPhone 5.Apple clearly states in the update notification screen, “This update fixes an Exchange calendar bug that could result in increased network activity and reduced battery life.” The update can be downloaded over the air on the iOS devices or via iTunes on computers. Last week, several reports had pointed out the issue, following which Apple had acknowledged the problem saying that if an Exchange user responds to an exception to a recurring Calendar event with a Microsoft Exchange account on a device running iOS 6.1, the...