Would you call Vista a mistake, or fraud? It was advertised to do oh so many things without crashing miserably with kernel panics. It didn't function that way, at least initially, just like maps. Was that fraud?
It's certainly not fraud -- it works for people. It may not work for you, at least to the level of your satisfaction, but the function is still there. The quality of the product may not be top notch, but poor quality != fraud when there was no implicit promises for the quality of said features. Being in "beta state" is simply a title. The issue is clearly database side, and the mistake was that they launched too soonwith too many issues. There are other options from third parties in the meantime, and the maps databases will improve no doubt.
The irony of course is the sheer stupidity of those screaming the loudest. You'll never want Apple's maps in the first place (I don't) -- the reason? The only company with good maps data is google, and look how long THAT took to assemble -- they have street view (and in-building views too), which is something Apple will never come close to bar them licensing that data from Google to use in their own app (which won't happen).
