Yea, the next update will remove the 16GB RAM limitation - it just won't report how much memory you have. :( This is truly disappointing and not something that I would expect from Apple. It's not as if the remaining battery life was every 100% accurate; most people realized that it was an estimate and just used it as a guideline. But when Apple comes out and says that battery life is X and people are measuring battery life at X-n, that is a problem.
It's as if Apple is blaming the user for using applications that dare to use energy. It reminds me of how Windows NT 4.01 was C2 secure, as long as you didn't plug in the network cable. :face+palm: