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Sony Ericsson Developer World today announced the release of a complete package for Web Services development, enabling over-the-air access directly from your Sony Ericsson mobile phone to web server based solutions by using the C++ or Java™ programming languages. Extending its support for Web Services for the Java ME Platform to UIQ 3, Sony Ericsson Developer World now introduces a new development tutorial and sample code for use together with the gSOAP open-source toolkit.

Web Services have the power to offer vast, revenue-generating opportunities to the mobile industry by giving mobile users access to services like search engines, online auctions, book stores and gift shops as well as online payment services. Web Services for the UIQ 3 software platform also make it easier to design sophisticated enterprise applications such as real-time mobile inventory systems or online banking services.

The industry trend toward convergence has resulted in telecom operators looking to create value-added services that combine voice, video and data services over fixed and mobile networks. Sony Ericsson has focused its efforts on removing the barriers to enter this highly lucrative market by enabling developers to use existing application programming interfaces (API’s) on today’s phones to design not just client-specific applications but also advanced server-based Web 2.0 solutions, without worrying about interoperability between different platforms, networks or service models.

With the new Web Services for UIQ 3 package released today, Sony Ericsson gives developers an easy solution including guidance on how to access remote services over the internet on UIQ 3 phones using an open XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) protocol called SOAP (Simple Access Object Protocol). By combining the open-source gSOAP toolkit with a new developer tutorial and code samples from Sony Ericsson Developer World, developers are provided with a simple API that enables them to concentrate on the application-essential logic instead of protocol specifics.