Tag Archives: Bolt

Bolt Browser Updated to 1.62

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The Google  Nexus One phone wasn’t the only mobile product released today. According to a post on the Bolt Forum, “BOLT 1.62 was released today. This is a routine upgrade featuring behind-the-scenes improvements that you probably won’t notice on the surface, but you should still upgrade. You will be prompted to upgrade the next time you launch BOLT.” One reason to upgrade is that until you do, the browser will continue to prompt you to upgrade every time you start … Continue reading →

Bolt Browser 1.5 Review – Great Rendering, Copy/Paste, But Still a Few Warts

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I’ve been using Bolt’s new 1.5 release for a few days now and here are my impressions. In general Bolt works very well on main phone, a Nokia N95-3.  In fact, this is the first version of Bolt that I consider good enough to use as my main browser. Here are my likes and dislikes. Likes: Excellent page rendering.  Most sites look great in Bolt, fonts are particularly attractive, clean looking and readable.  Unlike Opera Mini (image below, left), italic … Continue reading →

Bolt Browser 1.5 Released

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Today Bitstream released version 1.5 of their free Bolt browser. Bolt is a Java ME app and runs on most phones. If you are using a previous version of Bolt should be  prompted to update as soon as you try to visit a web page. If you don’t already have Bolt, visit boltbrowser.com with your mobile browser or boltbrowser.com/download.html using a  PC browser and follow the prompts to download and install Bolt 1.5. With 1.5 Bolt loses its Beta label … Continue reading →

Speed Test – Opera Mini, Bolt, Skyfire and UCWEB

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About a month ago All About Symbian‘s  Rafe Blandford published an extensive set of browser speed test results. Rafe compared page load times for ten well known US and UK sites using eght different Nokia S30 3rd and 5th editon devices plus the T-Mobile G1, iPhone 3G, Skyfire and Opera Mini.  Latter Matthew Miller at Smartphones and Cellphones updated Rafe’s data with numbers for the iPhone 3GS and Opera Mobile 9.7.  Rafe and Matthew’s data showed that smartphone browsers are … Continue reading →

Bolt Beta 3 Browser Review

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I’ve been using the new release of Bolt (V 1.04, aka Beta 3) for about a day now and I’m quite impressed.  This release represents a significant upgrade.  The new support for bold and italic fonts, file uploading  and copying text from web pages is particularly welcome. Bolt and italic support may seem like a small thing but it makes for a big improvement in the appearance and readability of many sites. Of all the server assisted Java based browsers … Continue reading →

New Bolt Browser Release – Beta 3

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Today Bitstream released a new version of their free, server assisted browser, Bolt.  The new release is billed as Beta 3 and  carries version number 1.04. Details of the new features are in this press release.  Highlights include: Copy and paste text Enter and edit text directly within online text boxes Upload files such as videos to YouTube or pictures to Photobucket Order favorites and arrange them into custom folders Toggle between viewing websites with or without images displayed Rendering … Continue reading →

Bolt Browser Beta 2 – New Features and Performance Enhancements

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At CTIA yesterday, Bitstream has released a new version of the Bolt Browser.  It’s V. 0.94, also called Beta 2.  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 … Continue reading →

MWC09: Bolt Browser – New Version and Open Beta

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Update: Feature list for new version added. At Mobile World Congress, Bitstream, Inc. announced that the Bolt Browser is now in public Beta, freely available to anyone without the need for a Beta code. There’s a new version too, 0.86.  I haven’t been able to find release notes or any indication of what’s new in this release.  I suspect it’s a bug fix release with no new features.  Trying 0.86 on my BlackBerry and N95-3 I immediately  noticed one bug … Continue reading →