BOLT is a free downloadable browser that offers an uncompromised browsing experience on even lower-end mobile phones. Rather than offering a simplified, mini version of the Internet, BOLT provides users with a fast, efficient, feature-rich way to enjoy full PC-style web pages and rich media applications on all levels of mobile devices. Built on Bitstream's ThunderHawk browsing technology, BOLT is the result of 5+ years experience developing mobile browsers that optimize usability, speed and performance on resource-constrained systems with limited memory, processing power and screen space.
The Features:
It's Java ME (J2ME), so it should work on most featurephones. Don't expect it to work on your iPhone, though.
WebKit based rendering engine
* Relatively lightweight - 150kb storage, 500kb of RAM required
* Fast! In BOLT's words: "Bitstream measured download speeds of 13 popular websites including Amazon.com, CNN.com, ESPN.com and nytimes.com. The second fastest browser averaged download speeds in excess of 18 seconds across all pages. On the same phones, using the same networks, BOLT's average download speed was under 13 seconds, a full 5.5 seconds faster. "
* Like Opera Mini (the main J2ME competition), data is passed through a proxy for rendering and compression before being passed to the handset, speeding things up and saving battery life. It's generally a good thing, though such practices tend to spook most security-minded folk. Pages are compressed at a rate of 23:1.
* RSS reader built in, with automatic feed detection
* "Split screen browsing" - 2/3 of the screen shows the full page, serving as a mini-map with a highlighting box, while the other 1/3 shows the magnified area.
* URL auto completion
* Phone numbers automatically parsed for Click-to-call
* User interface is currently English only, but the browser can render pages written in any Western-European language.
* AJAX support, and Flash video support (Sort of - it'll take FLV files and convert them to the more mobile-friendly 3GP format, streaming that to you.) Note that that's Flash video, not Flash in its entirety.
