The GPS signal is used in mobile phones, navigation programs.

In 2005 already the first smartphone with built-in GPS receiver. It was the Siemens SXG75. Shortly afterwards, followed by the Motorola A780, but both were due to low sales figures little dissemination. Until 2007 followed by the Nokia N95 or HTC P3300. GPS receivers have also previously externally via Bluetooth or cable. Earlier attempts by the integration of GPS hardware in mobile phones failed in its enormous energy needs, some models were still on the market.

Unlike navigation devices that require many cell phone manufacturers still charge for the GPS navigation, this happens mostly on the detour that the comparison between GPS and map position of an active network provider has its own software is, in (A-GPS) for example, by the addition of a radio-tracking cells, which then for example in data volume or kilometers settled, often only on an online map, the secondary access to the Internet forces.

Some freeware programs offer Java meantime, however, also a completely free guide, eg We-Travel on the basis of OpenStreetMap if the phone is compatible with your own and enough memory for the card aufweist. An external GPS mouse can be the GPS of the mobile phone to improve reception.