Bitstream has announced the availability of BOLT 1.6, which it claims is the most fully-featured mobile browser available for mobile phones of all types. According to Bitstream, BOLT 1.6 delivers an industry-leading data compression ratio and offers the best website rendering, displaying full web pages just as they appear on desktop computers. The browser scored a perfect 100% on the Web Standards Projects Acid3 test, which tests Web 2.0 dynamic web applications and visual rendering, including web fonts.
BOLT has been downloaded over 2.7 million times since its February 2009 debut, and has also been selected by several handset manufacturers as the standard browser on new lines of mobile phones in production. Features include the ability to stream video from the most popular video websites; copy and paste; upload files such as photos and videos to websites; and order and arrange favorites into custom folders.
This latest release includes a number of design enhancements, as well as incremental improvements driven by BOLTs users. For all mobile data networks that support it, BOLT 1.6 now offers full socket-based connectivity, which can increase the page rendering speed of BOLT by as much as 15%. BOLT 1.6 also includes a new password manager, allowing usernames and passwords to be saved by the browser for easier and faster logins to users favourite websites and online applications.
Responding to a frequent request from BOLTs BlackBerry users, BOLT 1.6 can now be set as the default browser on their handsets. A version of BOLT created specifically for BlackBerrys also includes default BlackBerry shortcuts and optimizations.
Bitstream has also created a light version of the BOLT mobile browser, BOLT lite, for mobiles that cannot support robust applications, and to cater for network providers who limit the size of application downloads. BOLT lite contains all the essential features of the BOLT mobile browser, in a smaller package optimized for entry-level devices.
Both BOLT and BOLT Lite are available for free download here. 
