Bolt Mobile Web Browser

The BOLT Browser is a web browser for mobile phones including feature phones and smartphones that can run Java ME applications. The BOLT Browser is distributed free of charge to costumers and by license to Mobile network operators and handset manufacturers. BOLT is produced byBitstream Inc., the company which previously produced the ThunderHawk for Mobile network operators and handset manufacturers
Bolt mobile web browser offers a good browsing experience on all phones. Bolt works from over smartphones to basic mobile phones. This browser would based on Webkit based platform. Webkit is the layout engine behind smartphones. It is the only J2ME browser which can play streaming flash and videos form the sites like YouTube and Facebook.




FEATURES




Tabbed browsing


Tabbed browsing experience let the user to browse more than one site simultaneously.


Data compression


The cloud-based servers compresses the data which will be reaching the device by as much as 24 times, resulting in speeding greatly page load times by two to three times compared to other browsers.


Desktop-style layout


BOLT provides a special mode for improving the view of web pages. Split-screen mode feature lets you to have a rectangular magnifier floating over a zoomed out mini-map of the entire Web page on the top 2/3 of the screen and a magnified view of the content under the magnifier on the bottom 1/3 of the screen. The magnifier floating over the mini-map enables the user to quickly find information and navigate Web sites with ease.


Backup of favorites


BOLT lets the user to back up favorites to the device's memory and restore them back through BOLT directly without any problem. Backup the favorites to the user account at BOLT Space and restore them back regardless of device, its platform, BOLT type (BOLT or BOLT Lite) and location.


Audio/video streaming


BOLT supports HTML5 based audio and video streaming which is not given by other browsers. It supports many popular video sharing sites, including www.youtube.com, cnn.com, espn.com, bbc.co.uk, mtv.com, video.google.com, video.yahoo.com, vids.myspace.com, blip.tv, rutube.ru, nick.com, hungama.com, bollywoodhungama.com, svtplay.se and mocospace.com
It will also supports expanded streaming flash video ..


Widget support


Users can have Twitter and Facebook widgets with BOLT's web app platform. The widget gallery gives weather, Wikipedia, and dictionary widgets.


Advanced social media integration


BOLT gives Facebook integration - post messages, links or URLs from any of the page displayed in BOLT directly to the Facebook account without navigating away from the currently viewed page. BOLT offers support for Facebook chat and other web-based chat apps. It also offers support for YouTube web apps - search and view videos directly in BOLT.