Opera today launched the second beta versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10, available as free downloads. In this second beta release, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users can enjoy popular desktop features, such as Opera Link and the Download Manager, from their mobile phones.

With Opera Link, users can synchronize personal browser settings with their Opera desktop browser, as well as all their connected devices, ensuring that their bookmarks, Speed Dial and search engines are always accessible. The Download Manager gives users a better way to control and speed up downloads to mobile phones.

Features further polished in the second beta release are the unified look and feel across Opera?s browser products, the visual bookmarks known as Speed Dial, and tabbed browsing.

The popularity of Opera Mini continues to grow month after month. Opera reports that almost 40 million people used Opera Mini in October, saving the consumers 9.4 billion USD per year just by choosing Opera Mini.

Download Opera Mini 5 beta 2 directly to a phone for free from http://m.opera.com/next/. The second beta of Opera Mobile 10 is available as a free download to Windows Mobile and Symbian/S60 handsets from http://m.opera.com/next/.