The Global Positioning System (GPS) is used widely today for various purposes. In the early stages of its implimentation, it was mainly used for defense purposes to monitor the movements of ships and planes, and to detect encroachments of the territories by the enemies. Later it was used for other purposes in the civilian sector as well. In the commercial applications, the system was successfully used to monitor the movements of goods and to detect theft, hijacking and piracy. Now GPS is widely used for car navigation. A Handheld GPS is another device that is widely used today. The GPS helps to locate missing vehicles, as well as to locate the destinations while traveling in unfamiliar places.

When the use of mobile phones became prevalent throughout the world, GPS technology was incorporated in them. The manufacturers of the mobile phones, in their endeavour to enhance the utilitarian value of the compact device offered many value added features to the products. Among such features GPS is an important one preferred by the mobile phone users. In many sophisticated models of mobile phones, the GPS has been integrated in them. However, the system can be incorporated as an 'add on' feature. Mobile phone based GPS has many advantages over the car based GPS system. GPS Mobile Phones can be used for navigation while traveling in the car, and also used as a phone, even though one cannot use it for navigation while talking over the phone. Nowadays, this part is also augmented using Bluetooth technology that enables handsfree calling. The dual purpose device is very economical in view of the high cost of a dedicated car GPS system. The GPS mobile phone is now widely used by travellers and truckers as an aid for navigation. So is the case with globe trotting tourists who find this multipurpose device a reliable source to locate their destinations.

The manufacturers of mobile phone are progressively bringing out new sophisticated versions of GPS enabled devices, which are accurate and dependable. The innovative Bluetooth based technology is now incorporated in the GPS mobile phone, and it is cost effective when taking into account its efficiency and reliability. Some models with 3.5 inches touchscreen with short messaging (SMS) and flash video facilities are much sought after products. There are cheaper and affordable versions of the GPS mobile phones available in the market, which are sensitive and accurate. This pathfinder has added one more dimension to the multifarious utilities that are adapted to the mobile technology. All leading manufacturers of mobile phones have incorporated the system as an integrated feature of their product.

The consumers can choose a suitable brand or model of the GPS enabled mobile phone from the large varieties that are available in the market. A couple of models like Mio A701 GPS Mobile Phone and Garmin Nuviphone Mobile Phone, among the lot comes with the pure label of GPS mobile phones.