Norwegian company Opera Software announced today the launch of the beta flavor of its Opera Mobile 10 browser solution for Symbian-powered mobile phones. According to the maker, the fresh version of the browser comes around with a sleek design, also introduced with the newly released Opera Mini 5 beta.

The new look of the mobile web browser brings along Speed Dial, tabbed browsing and password manager, the company added. The fresh Opera Mobile 10 beta has been optimized to fit perfectly with both touchscreen and keypad-style navigation, and also to deliver other levels of performance. Compared to the previous release for Symbian, the new flavor is twice as fast, and comes with speed enhancements for downloading pages, zooming and panning. It also includes Opera Turbo, so that users can save time and money while employing the browser.

“Today’s powerful smartphones deserve an equally powerful browser, like Opera,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “This beta continues our work to extend the desktop Web experience to mobile phones, allowing users to surf the Web without limitations, even while on-the-go. No matter the device in use, Opera delivers a faster, easier and hassle-free Web experience.”

The features list of the Opera Mobile 10 beta for Symbian includes a fresh design, so that the browser is simple and intuitive, offering an easy web browsing experience; tabbed browsing, Speed Dial and password manager, so that users will enjoy the same benefits while mobile as when browsing the Internet from a desktop computer; and advanced compatibility, delivered by the latest generation of the Opera browser engine.

The new Opera Mobile 10 beta can be used on mobile phones from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, and is compatible with Symbian S60, 3rd and 5th editions. The mobile browser is available for download from Softpedia via this link, but users can also get it directly on their handsets.