Opera Software have released Opera Mini 2.0, a spanking new version of their tiny Web browser that runs on almost all mobile phones or handheld devices. It is build on the success of the first version and accelerates mobile surfing by using compression and reformatting techniques.

Opera Mini 2.0 released for mobile devices New features in version 2.0 of Opera Mini is a speed dial widget, which lets surfers call up bookmarks by assigning shortcut key combinations. There's also a selection of new skins available to customise the look of the browser, and a natty new multisearch feature, letting users select extra search engines for the home page.

Opera Mini 2.0 Key Feature is support for mobile commerce via SMS. It means that you can directly buy ringtones, games and other content for delivery as an SMS. This system lets the seller set the price with charges appearing in the phone bill as an SMS.

The new browser is compatible with a host of phones, smartphones and PDAs (including Sony Ericsson, Pocket PC and Palm handets) and can be downloaded for free by typing in http://mini.opera.com into your WAP-tastic browser or by delivery via SMS download for a small fee.