Google has launched a new search engine specifically for UK mobile phone users. 

Google Mobile seeks out pages written in extensible HTML (XHTML) which are optimised for mobile internet users with pages designed to be viewed on a phone screen.

The service is accessed via the Google homepage using a standard web browser. Users then type in their search query and select 'Mobile Web (Beta)' as the search option.

Google Mobile automatically translates regular web pages into pages that a phone understands. But, since these formats support different content, the service will vary between phones.

Google web search and image search is available with XHTML and iMode, but users can only conduct a Google web search with wireless mark-up language.

Google Mobile was introduced in the US and Canada earlier this year.