No. An iPad is not a phone. It does have emailing and Internet and various other communication applications though.
All iDevices now come with iCloud that was installed in the last update of apples operating system, so yes the iPad and iPad 2 will have iCloud installed.
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Yes it is in the built in app called messaging. () () ( - -) (") (")
Your iPad 2 will be backed up to your computer when you update the operating system, including all the content.
When you update your Ipad through iTunes or the App Store, all your games are saved. You can even recall the way the iPad was before the update if things don't work out right. If you have a jailbroken iPad and have done some 3rd party update, it may have deleted all your games.
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No. It is only available for New iPad (3rd Generation) and iPad with Retina Display (4th Generation)
Furnaces are not constructible in the Minecraft iPad version, but most likely will be in the next update.
Each application installed can have a downloadable update, so it will depend upon the apps installed on the iPad. There have been 3 major operating system updates for the iPad 2 since it was first shipped, and each of the core apps is updated with that.
Sync with computer running iTunes. Update.
Yes. It is available in the iOS 6 update