GPS in phones haven't taken that great a leap forward as we expected in 2009. With the growing prevalence of built-in GPS receivers in mobile handsets at the end of last year, it suggested that we'd see a vast improvement in the navigation software installed on the phones we buy. Instead, touchscreens took the spotlight and we've seen only a few phones released with decent navigation apps.
Nokia is still the leading player with its excellent Nokia Maps, now up to the third generation of this software. The best of Nokia's range this year was the 6710 Navigator, which came bundled with a lifetime subscription to voice-guided directions. The iPhone raised our esteem with the release of three full-featured navigation apps on the Apple App Store, with phones running on Windows Mobile and Android operating systems also seeing new apps available to download.
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