Microsoft has recently announced the release of Deepfish, a web browser for mobile devices that’s still in its early stages. The new browser for smart devices promises to make the experience of browsing web pages closer to that of viewing the pages on a standard desktop browser.

For the most part, browsing the internet on a “smartphone” is cumbersome at best. There are a number of sites that have been developed with scaled down pages targeting mobile devices, but for the vast majority of web sites (including SlipperyBrick) you will need to view it in the full-size which can make it hard to view and navigate.

Toward the end of last year we had news of an Opera web browser that has “Small Screen Rendering” that would “shrink” standard size pages down to be viewed in full on Samsung mobile phones. The Deepfish browser from Microsoft can be used owners of any smart phones or Pocket PC’s that are running Windows Mobile 5.0 or greater.

The Microsoft Live Labs site featuring Deepfish information has a download page where you can register to be informed if you can test the new Deepfish browser yourself as a technology preview, although the page states that they are nearing capacity for their trial users. The site has many feedback comments from people already trying out the Deepfish browser, but Microsoft says that they are still a couple versions away from a real beta release.