Windows Mobile users have a new way to surf the Web, as Opera Software has released a beta version of Opera Mobile 10 for Microsoft's mobile platform. The product is Opera's higher-end version of Opera Mini, and it also features server-side compression technology that minimizes bandwidth and hardware requirements. The mobile browser is built with the Opera Turbo technology, which can compress Web traffic by up to 80% while still offering support for Web technologies like Ajax and Flash.
Users will quickly notice the changes in the latest version of Opera Mobile because it boots to a "Speed Dial" screen that has nine customizable visual bookmark thumbnails. Opera Mobile 10 also has a streamlined user interface that pushes many of the browser options to the bottom of the screen. The free browser also adds visual representations of bookmarks, tabbed browsing, a password manager, and improved touchscreen navigation that includes kinetic scrolling and adaptive zooming.
