Long-time iPhone and CarPlay users certainly know that the experience with navigation apps isn’t always the most flawless. One of the most common problems they come across concerns the GPS connection.

In the summer of 2008, Apple shipped the iPhone 3G, which featured a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. It took a year for Apple to add support for using the iPhone as a turn-by-turn ...

TomTom released Monday its turn-by-turn navigation application for iPhone. The app costs $100 and uses the iPhone’s built-in GPS chip to provide users with real-time navigation directions. The iPhone ...

In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains how to turn a smartphone into a personal navigation device, even without a data connection. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...