Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian S60 hits first beta

Opera has announced that the first beta for Opera Mobile 10.1 is ready for testing and feedback. The new beta is for Symbian S60 devices and has new features to make the browser more usable for S60 fans. Among the new features are better speed and geolocation capability.

The beta offering has a powerful Presto rendering engine, Vega graphics library, and Carakan JavaScript engine. The geolocation capability allows the user to use location aware services like maps and travel apps.

Other features include tabbed browsing, a virtual keyboard, kinetic scrolling, auto-rotation capability, and Speed Dial. The browser also has a password manager and more. The beta can be downloaded by point your browser to m.opera.com/next.