With the right app (try Digital Field Compass for Android, or for a more full-featured experience, Gaia GPS for iPhone and Android), you can use your phone as a navigation device, no GPS required.

You whip out your phone, go to Google Maps, pull up the StreetView (remember this?), which zeroes in on your location using a built-in GPS, and then changes as you move the phone around using the ...

The Google Map App on Android phones will soon get a major upgrade which will allow it to render map images a lot faster, incorporate 3D buildings, offer offline caching, and use the compass to ...