"Nokia has vowed to build support for web services into all its smartphones by the end of the year.

The firm explained that the development push will include support for common software standards including Soap and XML, as well as for more intricate applications.

In the future both the Series 60 smartphone operating system and the Series 80 software used in the Communicator range will offer full web services support.

"By 2006 all Nokia smartphones will be web services enabled," said Timo Skytta, director of web services at Nokia.