Opera claims that version 8.5 supports all major Web standards, including CSS2, DOM 2, and JavaScript. A successor to version 8.0 released last summer, Opera 8.5 includes the company's "Small Screen Rendering" technology that "intelligently reformats" web pages to fit within the tiny screens of handheld mobile devices as shown in the example below.

Example of Opera browser's Small Screen Rendering. The left image indicates how a normal web page tends to display on a smartphone's small LCD; the right image shows how SSR renders the page.
(Click each image for a larger view)

"Ever since we released Opera 8 for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone in June 2005, people have been asking for Opera for their Pocket PCs," said Opera VP of engineering Christen Krogh. "We are very pleased to offer the latest version of Opera Mobile to Pocket PC owners, so they may finally have a 'proper' Web experience on their devices."

Opera Mobile 8.5 beta for Windows Mobile Pocket PC is available for download here.

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