In a full week of usage, I've yet to run into any actual, material problems with the new maps (daily usage in San Francisco). I'm using The Transit App for transit directions, and it integrates nicely. Sometimes business locations are 10-20 yards off, but that's about it. I've already noticed some of the problems I've reported getting fixed.

Depending on where you live, I think you'll find all the peanut gallery moaning about the new maps to be a bit exaggerated. Try actually using it for a while. It's decent (at least where I am).

(In fact, the new iOS maps are a godsend for transit directions in San Francisco. iOS 5's transit directions use the "scheduled" times instead of their actual times. If you've ever been to SF, you'll know that busses and trains don't even try to operate on a schedule -- they just come and go whenever. With iOS 6, I can use an app that uses their actual times -- The Transit App. I'm much happier with this setup, even though it requires an extra tap to select the app when getting directions.)

So far I've been very happy with iOS 6 on my third generation iPad. I might very well feel different if I used maps very often, but in fact I've used the old Google Maps app on the iPad so seldom that I wouldn't be able to make a reasonable comparison.

The main difference that I've noticed is that Safari is much more stable than the old version. Under iOS 5 I used to have Safari simply quit on me a couple of times a day. Now it only quits a couple of times a week, and, so far, only when browsing Facebook.

I personally don't think it is worse. It fixes some previous annoyances, Siri is considerably improved, and I'm one of the few that prefer the new Maps app. The only thing I can really say I don't like about the update is the new App Store card view.

I was hesitant to upgrade to iOS 6, but am really glad I did.

I regretted upgrading my iPhone 3gs to iOS 5. Everything was slower, and the lag on the virtual keyboard was maddening.

iOS 6 has actually breathed new life into my 3gs. Naturally, it's not as fast as an iPhone 4/4S or 5, but at least now it's not pissing me off on a daily basis.

If I lived in one of the areas with particularly bad maps coverage or a metro area where I wanted transit directions all the time, I'd have very likely stuck with iOS 5 for now. But as someone who lives in the suburbs and hasn't yet noticed any errors in Maps in my area, the turn-by-turn directions alone actually make iOS 6's Maps a huge upgrade for me. That's aside from the other features/enhancements that it brings.

I've been on it for a week, and its not bothered me even in the slightest. Only 'quirk' I've thought about since the upgrade was when I noticed that "Brightness and Background" settings were merged ..