The BOLT Browser was offered free of charge to consumers, and by license to mobile network operators and handset manufacturers.

[5] BOLT also has specially optimized version for BlackBerry smartphones[6] and worked with Windows Mobile and Palm OS devices that employ a MIDlet manager or Java emulator.

This technology enabled the user to view desktop style layouts of web pages without compromising readability on small screens.

The magnifier floating over the mini-map enabled the user to quickly find information and navigate Web sites with ease.

It also provided support for YouTube web apps, enabling the searching and viewing of videos directly in BOLT.

A patented split-screen viewing feature and intuitive keystroke shortcuts made navigating web pages simple.

BOLT was built using the WebKit rendering engine to deliver the same web page layout as found on desktop browsers and included high standards compliance such as AJAX and flash video support.

Signed applications enable users to use BOLT with fewer permission dialogs for file and network access from their device's OS.

This solution had major security implications: BOLT could trivially track user activity and even arbitrarily tamper with content displayed by the browser.

Using the "Install Fonts" utility, you could also view Web sites in Cyrillic-based languages including Bulgarian, Russian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Moldovan, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Tuvan and Mongolian.