Bitstream, the makers of ThunderHawk mobile browser for Windows Mobile, has released the private beta of their free WebKit-based mobile browser, BOLT, for Java J2ME/MIDP 2.0 compatible mobile devices. It offers full PC style browsing similiar to SkyFire mobile browser. However, unlike Skyfire, which is compatible only with Windows Mobile and Symbian devices, BOLT supports a lot many devices due to support for Java.

Key features of BitStream BOLT include:

BitStream BOLT: Java J2ME Browser with Streaming Video, Flash, Split Screen View & RSS Auto Detect

- WebKit based rendering engine
- WebPages are compressed at a rate of 23:1
- ECMA Script 262 JavaScript support for Web site forms, applications and other information
- View AJAX pages that are written using ECMA-262/JavaScript 1.5 standard
- Supports WAP 1.x content — WML, and WAP 2.x content — XHTML-MP with WCSS and ECMAScript-MP
- Automatic detection for RSS feeds
- Supports streaming Flash videos
- “Split screen browsing” - 2/3 of the screen shows the full page, serving as a mini-map with a highlighting box, while the other 1/3 shows the magnified area
- URL auto-complete
- Detect phone numbers for Click to Call

Download Bitstream BOLT from here. You can use a few invitation codes such as “Crunch” or “Berrycool”.