It only pushes to the output what the app tells it to push. If the app does not have that feature it won't work. I only tested Keynote and the Photos app so I cannot say about Netflix or others yet. I will check and report back.
I was sitting at a coffee shop yesterday with another guy and his MacBook was connecting without fault. My PC was connecting without fault. My iPhone was connecting without fault. My iPad could not connect at all.
I called Apple and their solution was the Restart iPhone and then Reset networks...
Yes you can get pages out of Pages.
When in Pages just make sure you are in Portrait mode and the toolbar shows up at the top. Tap My Documents. At the bottom you will see the icon with a box and an arrow coming out of the center of the box. Tap it to export to various document formats like PDF...
Since this issue was not known at ship date I am guessing it will take a little while before manufacturers start making the special accessory for this.
I have Power USB Hubs and they do not work either. The charging device that comes with the iPad is probably proprietary and so it will have be...