| MARLBOROUGH, MA and BARCELONA, | | | | BOLT's Unique Capabilities Include: |
| SPAIN--(Marketwire - February 15, 2010) - Bitstream | | | | -- Displays full websites just as they would appear on |
| Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced a new version | | | | desktop computers |
| of the BOLT™ Mobile Browser is now available with | | | | -- Fast page load speeds |
| a Russian language user interface. BOLT 1.7 brings | | | | -- Streams videos from popular video services such |
| support for Russian, the most geographically | | | | as RuTube and YouTube |
| widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely | | | | -- Up to 24:1 data compression |
| spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native | | | | -- Copy and paste text |
| language in Europe, along with enhanced streaming | | | | -- Uploads video and photo files directly to websites |
| video features, and support for widgets to the free | | | | from browser |
| mobile browser. Since June of last year the BOLT | | | | -- Only major WebKit based cloud computing browser |
| mobile browser has been rendering Cyrillic fonts on | | | | -- Six levels of magnification |
| websites, and now users can make Russian the | | | | BOLT 1.7 New Features Also Include: |
| default language for the user interface as well. New | | | | Widgets |
| features and product enhancements make BOLT's | | | | Although BOLT already runs Web-based applications |
| lightning fast uncompromised browsing experience for | | | | written in Ajax, Javascript and other Web |
| phones of all types even better for BOLT users | | | | programming languages, such as the popular |
| around the world. | | | | Facebook game Mafia Wars and Google Docs, BOLT |
| As BOLT marks its first anniversary, the acclaimed | | | | 1.7 is adding widget functionality. Now in beta, BOLT |
| mobile browser has surpassed 4 million users, | | | | widgets allow users to install small self-contained Web |
| streamed over 135 million minutes of video (equivalent | | | | applications that run directly from within BOLT. |
| to 256 years if played back to back), served more | | | | Because these widgets are installed directly within |
| than 512 million pages -- as many as 3 million pages | | | | BOLT they load and execute faster than |
| per day, and downloaded more than 132 terabytes of | | | | website-based applications, giving users a wider |
| data. | | | | variety of utility for their mobile phones. BOLT users |
| BOLT is the only mobile browser for all types of | | | | can discover, select and install specific Web apps |
| mobile phones to support streaming video from multiple | | | | through a BOLT Widget Gallery. BOLT's widgets are |
| video sharing websites such as RuTube, YouTube, | | | | written as standard W3C widgets ( a standard with |
| Yahoo, Google, MySpace and more. Now users can | | | | broad industry support. |
| watch videos posted in CNN and ESPN, as well as | | | | Twitter Integration |
| watch embedded YouTube videos on any website. | | | | BOLT now includes an easier way to post tweets to |
| BOLT perfectly renders Web pages just as they | | | | Twitter. BOLT 1.7 has integrated Twitter capabilities |
| would be seen on desktop browsers, outscoring | | | | into the browser itself. Now users can post tweets |
| competing mobile browsers by earning a perfect 100 | | | | directly from BOLT while they browse the Web. |
| percent on the Web Standards Project's Acid3 test. | | | | Recognizing that some mobile phones currently in use |
| The Acid3 test, created to help browser vendors | | | | cannot support the full size application and some |
| ensure proper support for Web standards in their | | | | network providers limit the size of application |
| products, tests Web 2.0 dynamic Web applications | | | | downloads, Bitstream also offers a light version of the |
| and visual rendering, including Web fonts. Built in J2ME | | | | BOLT mobile browser, BOLT Lite™. BOLT Lite |
| and able to operate on phones of all types, BOLT can | | | | contains all the essential features of the BOLT mobile |
| work on an estimated 3 billion phones already in the | | | | browser, retaining BOLT's feature-rich functionality, |
| market. A version of BOLT created specifically for | | | | best-of-breed download speeds and desktop PC-style |
| BlackBerry smartphones includes all the features of | | | | page layout in a smaller package optimized for |
| BOLT but also includes default BlackBerry shortcuts | | | | entry-level devices. |
| and optimizations. | | | | |