<s>
The	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Browser	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
including	O
feature	O
phones	O
and	O
smartphones	B-Application
that	O
can	O
run	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Browser	I-Protocol
was	O
offered	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
to	O
consumers	O
and	O
by	O
license	O
to	O
mobile	O
network	O
operators	O
and	O
handset	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Bitstream	O
Inc.	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
which	O
previously	O
produced	O
ThunderHawk	B-Operating_System
for	O
mobile	O
network	O
operators	O
and	O
handset	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
introduced	O
into	O
private	O
beta	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2009	O
when	O
the	O
public	O
beta	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Mobile	O
World	O
Congress	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
supported	O
Java-based	O
handsets	O
with	O
Java	O
MIDP	O
2	O
and	O
CLDC	O
1.0	O
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
also	O
has	O
specially	O
optimized	O
version	O
for	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
worked	O
with	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
devices	O
that	O
employ	O
a	O
MIDlet	B-Language
manager	O
or	O
Java	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
rendering	O
engine	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
full	O
Web	O
page	O
layout	O
as	O
found	O
on	O
desktop	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Browser	I-Protocol
was	O
discontinued	O
and	O
all	O
installs	O
were	O
rendered	O
useless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
:	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
private	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
16	O
,	O
2009	O
:	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
made	O
available	O
via	O
free	O
public	O
beta	O
at	O
Mobile	O
World	O
Congress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
–	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Beta2	O
was	O
released	O
at	O
2009	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
,	O
NV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
–	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Beta3	O
released	O
,	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
lite	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
7	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
1.5	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
-	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
2.0	O
Beta	O
Version	O
announced	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
16	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
private	O
beta	O
(	O
ver	O
0.73	O
)	O
reviewed	O
as	O
the	O
fastest	O
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
(	O
ver	O
0.86	O
)	O
reviewed	O
as	O
only	O
browser	B-Application
for	O
feature	O
phones	O
that	O
can	O
stream	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
1	O
in	O
6	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
users	O
resides	O
in	O
India	O
(	O
current	O
version	O
Beta2	O
0.94	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
surpasses	O
1	O
million	O
end-user	O
installs	O
(	O
current	O
version	O
Beta2	O
0.94	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
28	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
surpasses	O
more	O
than	O
100	O
million	O
Web	O
pages	O
rendered	O
(	O
current	O
version	O
Beta3	O
1.04	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Bolt	B-Protocol
's	O
website	O
changed	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
following	O
message	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Dear	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
User	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
mobile	O
browsing	O
service	O
has	O
been	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
displayed	O
a	O
banner	O
indicating	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
on	O
the	O
14th	O
of	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
14	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
existing	O
installations	O
of	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
have	O
been	O
rendered	O
useless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distinguishing	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
included	O
split	O
screen	O
rendering	O
,	O
a	O
patented	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
technology	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
compressed	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
style	O
page	O
layout	O
was	O
visible	O
in	O
the	O
upper	O
two	O
thirds	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bolt	B-Protocol
had	O
several	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
used	O
cloud-based	O
servers	O
that	O
could	O
compress	O
the	O
data	O
reaching	O
the	O
device	O
(	O
sometimes	O
by	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
24	O
times	O
)	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
faster	O
page	O
loads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proxy	O
servers	O
used	O
by	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
were	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
provided	O
a	O
special	O
mode	O
for	O
easing	O
the	O
view	O
of	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
enabled	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
back	O
up	O
favorites	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
memory	O
and	O
restore	O
them	O
back	O
through	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Favorites	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
account	O
could	O
be	O
backed	O
up	O
at	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Space	O
and	O
restored	O
back	O
regardless	O
of	O
device	O
,	O
its	O
platform	O
,	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
type	O
(	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
or	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Lite	O
)	O
and	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
supported	O
HTML5	O
based	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
streaming	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
supported	O
expanded	O
streaming	O
flash	O
video	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
offered	O
Facebook	O
integration	O
,	O
an	O
ability	O
to	O
post	O
messages	O
,	O
links	O
or	O
URLs	O
from	O
any	O
page	O
displayed	O
in	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
directly	O
to	O
the	O
Facebook	O
account	O
without	O
navigating	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
currently	O
viewed	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
offered	O
support	O
for	O
Facebook	O
chat	O
and	O
other	O
web-based	O
chat	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provided	O
support	O
for	O
YouTube	O
web	O
apps	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
searching	O
and	O
viewing	O
of	O
videos	O
directly	O
in	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
built	O
using	O
Bitstream	O
's	O
ThunderHawk	B-Operating_System
mobile	O
browsing	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
rendering	O
engine	O
to	O
deliver	O
the	O
same	O
web	O
page	O
layout	O
as	O
found	O
on	O
desktop	O
browsers	B-Application
and	O
included	O
high	O
standards	O
compliance	O
such	O
as	O
AJAX	O
and	O
flash	O
video	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitstream	O
's	O
client/server	O
technology	O
,	O
mobile	O
fonts	O
and	O
font	O
rendering	O
technologies	O
speed	O
content	O
delivery	O
enabled	O
mass	O
market	O
deployments	O
,	O
improved	O
readability	O
and	O
allowing	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
to	O
fit	O
more	O
information	O
into	O
smaller	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
's	O
underlying	O
ThunderHawk	B-Operating_System
mobile	O
browsing	O
technology	O
supported	O
both	O
J2ME	B-Language
platforms	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
non-J2ME	O
environments	O
though	O
a	O
C++	O
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
passed	O
the	O
Acid3	O
test	O
with	O
a	O
perfect	O
100%	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acid3	O
is	O
a	O
test	O
page	O
from	O
the	O
Web	O
Standards	O
Project	O
that	O
tests	O
how	O
well	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
supports	O
certain	O
web	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
did	O
not	O
support	O
Flash	O
but	O
it	O
supported	O
the	O
FLV	O
Format	O
(	O
as	O
in	O
streaming	O
video	O
Web	O
sites	O
including	O
www.YouTube.com	O
,	O
www.Myspace.com	O
,	O
video.google.com,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
provided	O
ECMA	O
Script	O
262	O
version	O
3	O
JavaScript	O
support	O
for	O
Web	O
site	O
forms	O
,	O
applications	O
and	O
other	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
enabled	O
the	O
viewing	O
of	O
AJAX	O
pages	O
that	O
are	O
written	O
using	O
ECMA-262	O
version	O
3/JavaScript	O
1.6	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
supported	O
WAP	O
1.x	O
content	O
—	O
WML	O
,	O
and	O
WAP	O
2.x	O
content	O
—	O
XHTML-MP	O
with	O
WCSS	O
and	O
ECMAScript-MP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
signed	O
with	O
third-party	O
certificates	O
from	O
VeriSign	O
and	O
Thawte	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
"	O
signatures	O
"	O
enabled	O
the	O
device	O
OS	O
to	O
confirm	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
's	O
authenticity	O
,	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
secure	O
device	O
APIs	O
,	O
and	O
help	O
ensure	O
that	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
free	O
from	O
malware	O
and/or	O
viruses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Signed	O
applications	O
enable	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
with	O
fewer	O
permission	O
dialogs	O
for	O
file	O
and	O
network	O
access	O
from	O
their	O
device	O
's	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
enable	O
installation	O
on	O
these	O
devices	O
,	O
an	O
unsigned	O
version	O
of	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
,	O
with	O
no	O
certificate	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
proxied	O
all	O
requests	O
via	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
cloud	O
servers	O
to	O
compress	O
traffic	O
and	O
maintain	O
site-specific	O
information	O
about	O
users	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
browser	B-Application
cookies	O
and	O
site	O
preferences	O
and	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
shopping	O
carts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
solution	O
had	O
major	O
security	O
implications	O
:	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
could	O
trivially	O
track	O
user	O
activity	O
and	O
even	O
arbitrarily	O
tamper	O
with	O
content	O
displayed	O
by	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
used	O
an	O
encrypted	O
protocol	O
called	O
Secure	O
Sockets	O
Layer	O
(	O
SSL	O
)	O
to	O
access	O
secure	O
Web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
connection	O
between	O
the	O
device	O
and	O
the	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
server	O
was	O
also	O
encrypted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
warned	O
about	O
certificate	O
error	O
when	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
problem	O
with	O
a	O
certificate	O
or	O
the	O
server	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
certificate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
and	O
Indic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
supported	O
viewing	O
Web	O
sites	O
in	O
all	O
Latin-based	O
languages	O
including	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
Flemish	O
,	O
Swedish	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
that	O
are	O
fundamentally	O
Latin-based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Indic	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
received	O
numerous	O
awards	O
and	O
mentions	O
in	O
the	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
important	O
awards	O
for	O
the	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BOLT	B-Protocol
Mobile	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
named	O
Runner	O
Up	O
in	O
the	O
2010	O
Mobile	O
Merit	O
Awards	O
in	O
two	O
categories	O
:	O
Best	O
Overall	O
Consumer	O
Mobile	O
Application	O
and	O
Best	O
Service	O
Delivery	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
Star	O
Awards	O
|	O
2009	O
|	O
Superstar	O
Award	O
in	O
Consumer	O
App	O
:	O
Web	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOLT	B-Protocol
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
took	O
top	O
honors	O
in	O
the	O
eighth	O
annual	O
Mobile	O
Star	O
Awards	O
program	O
,	O
winning	O
the	O
SUPERSTAR	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
Consumer	O
App	O
:	O
Web	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
category	O
.	O
</s>
