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Tapulous, the company behind Tap Tap Revenge, has been bought by Disney. Unfortunately, terms of the deal, as in price, were not revealed. The founder of Tapulous, Bart Decrem, will become a VP at Disney and will probably continue to run the company.

Today, we announced that we are joining Disney. We will be a key part of Disney Interactive Media Group, spearheading their drive to be the leader in mobile entertainment.

As part of Disney Interactive Media Group, we’ll develop more games, more quickly and with the resources of the world’s leading entertainment company. We will continue to develop apps that live at the intersection of music and gaming, but we’ll also push into new and exciting areas of mobile social entertainment.

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Great news all you Navigon MobileNavigator iPhone users, a new update is out that adds Live Traffic to your app. Now you can receive live traffic for a lifetime price, as in no monthly fees, of $24.99 but if you order within the next four weeks that price is bumped down to $19.99. Not a bad deal at all for a very decent GPS solution.

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Google announced the availability of a new Google mobile app for S60 phones, featuring search with your voice capability. Now all you Nokia users can perform a search on Google by simply speaking into your phone. Yep, long overdue but it’s finally here, eh?

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Good news all you HTC Hero owners with serious DROID/Google NAV envy: Android 2.0 will be coming to your phone…eventually. Straight from the horse’s mouth:

“Yes, we are working on an Eclair update for the HTC Hero. Because Eclair is a significantly enhanced release, it will require some time to update Sense for this new version of the Android OS. Please be patient while we work to provide you with a tightly integrated experience like the one you are already enjoying on your Hero.”

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Looks like the mumblings were true as Google officially announced their Maps Navigation App. The new app features a 3D map, supports layers (e.g. Wikipedia), offers turn-by-turn voice guidance, and automatic rerouting.

As of now it’s only available on the Motorola Droid in beta form with no word if it’ll be made available on other platforms. But if Google releases this app to all phones, traditional GPS makers will have something to worry about, especially if they have to compete with the likes of the Google behemoth.

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Rumors on the street is that Google will be releasing a free, ad-supported turn-by-turn GPS application. And yes, that was the collective trembling of Garmin, Tom Tom, and the rest of the traditional GPS makers as they shook in their boots. Assuming this is true, of course.

I always wondered why Google never released such an app that would be a natural extension of Google Maps. It just makes sense, right?

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Verizon officially released OS 5.0.0.328 for BlackBerry Storm. This is great news for all you Storm owners as this update brings with it many enhancements and bug fixes. Update now through the BlackBerry Desktop Manager app.

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Great news all you BlackBerry users, Google finally added the cool and highly useful Layers functionality to their Google Maps for BlackBerry. With the new Google Maps 3.2, users can stack “Layers” on top of Google Map to view things such as traffic, Wikipedia articles, transit lines, and My Maps (create a route on your PC and view it on your BlackBerry). Click below for more info.

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The wait is finally over: BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 is now officially available via BlackBerry App World. After numerous beta versions, leaks, what have you, RIM have released the much improved, much sought after BBM 5.0. Check out the features:

• Avatars can be easily set up and then populated from BlackBerry Contacts
• Group Functionality - allows groups of friends, family and personal contacts to stay connected & share experiences instantly on their BlackBerry smartphones:
  • ongoing group chat
  • sharing pictures
  • organizing tasks and events with shared lists and calendars
• Bar-code identity - easily add/invite contacts to BlackBerry Messenger by displaying a 2-dimensional bar code that the invitees can capture with their BlackBerry camera
• Large Media File Transfer - up to 6MB

Download it here.

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Bitstream announced their brand spanking new Bolt browser version 1.5, shedding the beta status. The new browser boasts new enhancements including:

• Server upgrades (make v1.5 15% faster than Beta3)
• Cache support that enables directly browsing back to a previously visited page
• Download manager that downloads files directly within BOLT on JSR 75 capable devices
• Dedicated search bar, enabling search on popular search engines directly from BOLT
• Enhanced column width control that auto-aligns the text to columns for ease of reading
• Enhanced video support that includes inline media playing capability even on low-end devices.
• Support for streaming videos of any length
• Volume UP/DOWN controls in the inline media player
• Ability to rearrange the subscribed feeds using the ‘grab’ feature
• Access to History links from the URL window with inline editing OFF
• One click access on Home Page that ensures the cursor jumps to the desired widget

Download here.

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