Early usage figures demonstrate the popularity of streaming video
Mobile World Congress 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Less than one month after its public debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced that BOLT, the company’s web browser for mobile phones of all types, has served more than 15 million page views to users all around the world. Just four weeks since BOLT became publicly available in beta, the company has recorded more than 300,000 new users, doubling the number of new users of the fastest mobile browser on the market in less than three weeks.
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, a full 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. BOLT 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.
Features of this BOLT public beta release include:
* 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.
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.
