Bolt Mobile Browser Now Available For All as Public Beta

The latest out of Mobile World Congress is that the new Bolt Browser from Bitstream (say that 10 times fast) is now moving to a public beta… Right now! The new version has gone to .86.

Bitstream started out the private beta of Bolt with a few friends and family, and then grew it with 30,000 referral codes. Now that a lot of the humps and bumps have apparently been worked out, the beta is live for all. Very cool. I encourage you to give it a try. With your help and input, the final product should be killer.

A general overview from Bolt:

BOLT is a fast mobile browser that offers an uncompromised browsing experience on even entry-level mobile phones. It is compatible with virtually any handset with Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) 2.0 support. In non-geekspeak, this means “it works on lots of phones, even basic ones.

Rather than offering a simplified, mini version of the Internet, BOLT provides users with an efficient, feature-rich way to enjoy full PC-style Web pages and rich media applications on all levels of mobile devices.

…and another statement I love because of the cockyness of it all:

Is Bolt a better option than existing mobile browsers?

Yes. BOLT offers blazing fast, secure, PC-style Web browsing on high and low-end devices – you do not need a smartphone to use BOLT.

BOLT is a full featured mobile Web browser that supports streaming videos, RSS feeds, social media sites, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps- you name it.

Enough talk. Pick up the Bolt Public Beta right here.

[Via: BBNews]