Bitstream Releases New Beta Version of BOLT Mobile Browser

By Mauricio

Some highlights from the press release:

• With well over 300,000 users from around the world participating in a public beta that began in February, Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced that BOLTTM, the company’s web browser for mobile phones of all types, will get a significant upgrade today.
• People are enjoying the video streaming feature of the BOLT browser – the only mobile browser that lets people enjoy streaming videos on average mobile phones from such popular video services as YouTube, vids.myspace.com, video.yahoo.com, blip.tv, dailymotion.com, metacafe.com and more.  Of the total bandwidth used by all BOLT users surfing the Internet, nearly a third was consumed by streaming video.
• Optimized to conserve battery life and data transmissions, BOLT features unrivaled speed – consistently 25 to 50 percent faster than competitors.  The WebKit based BOLT browser offers ultra-fast viewing of streaming and flash video, high standards compliance, rich media and graphics enabling people to view websites just as they do on a PC.
• BOLT is now available for free to anyone as part of its public beta test.  Visit http://boltbrowser.com.

Read the full press release after the jump.

Press Release

Feedback from beta testers drive improvements for the Beta2 version of the market’s fastest mobile browser

Cambridge, Massachusetts & Las Vegas, Nevada – April 1, 2009 – With well over 300,000 users from around the world participating in a public beta that began in February, Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced that BOLTTM, the company’s web browser for mobile phones of all types, will get a significant upgrade today.

BOLT’s new features include:

· Significantly improved BlackBerry scrolling speed and control

· A new 3XL (extra large) magnification mode with content 33.3 percent bigger than in 2XL

· Double tap approach to select links on touchscreen devices like the BlackBerry storm (eliminates inadvertent clicks)

· Wi-Fi auto-selection as default option when Wi-Fi is both enabled and available

· Save and view pages locally on the phone

· Support for folders in favorites

· A new landscape viewing feature

· Copy and paste feature

· Improved magnifier dragging in split screen mode on the BlackBerry Storm

BOLT Beta2 also includes many enhancements based on feedback from beta users, including:

· Improved video quality on mpeg4 capable devices

· Improved scrolling speed on image-rich pages

· A user preferences page to reduce menu clutter, especially useful on BlackBerry smartphones where the native menu structure, without sub-menus, is utilized.

People are enjoying the video streaming feature of the BOLT browser – the only mobile browser that lets people enjoy streaming videos on average mobile phones from such popular video services as YouTube, vids.myspace.com, video.yahoo.com, blip.tv, dailymotion.com, metacafe.com and more.  Of the total bandwidth used by all BOLT users surfing the Internet, nearly a third was consumed by streaming video.

Optimized to conserve battery life and data transmissions, BOLT features unrivaled speed – consistently 25 to 50 percent faster than competitors.  The WebKit based BOLT browser offers ultra-fast viewing of streaming and flash video, high standards compliance, rich media and graphics enabling people to view websites just as they do on a PC.

Built with proprietary compression, navigation and rendering technologies, BOLT enables users to find and read information quickly and easily. Once users have navigated to the specific section of the large web page they are viewing, they can then zoom in to display clear text and images that look crisp on even small mobile phone screens.

BOLT’s feature set includes:

· Fast, secure, desktop-style web browsing on both high-end and low-end handsets

· Streaming video capabilities

· Split screen and full screen modes for easy navigation and viewing

· Easily add and select favorites and view browsing history

· Intuitive keystroke shortcuts for easier navigation and content selection

· Protection against spyware and malicious or faulty add-ons

· Extends battery life and uses less data than competing browsers

BOLT is now available for free to anyone as part of its public beta test.  Visit http://boltbrowser.com.

Visit Bitstream at booth number 6250 at CTIA Wireless.

About BOLT:
The BOLT mobile browser, compatible with the majority of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones, offers unrivaled speed and desktop-style web browsing including the ability to stream video.  A patented split-screen viewing and intuitive keystroke shortcuts make navigating web pages simple.  Download BOLT for free at http://boltbrowser.com – the mobile Internet has never looked this good on your phone.

About Bitstream:
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company focused on bringing unique software products to a wide variety of markets. The company’s core software products include award-winning fonts and font rendering software, mobile browsing and variable data publishing and web-to-print software for personalized marketing. For more information about Bitstream please visit www.bitstream.com.