title: Communication between iPhone and Internet over a web service
body: <p>From <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1290924/iphone-interaction-with-asp-net-webservice/1503206#1503206">this link</a>, @Pravara asked a question in answer.</p>
  <p>The question is something like this.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Is the XML is only way to communicate between .Net web service and iPhone? I have implemented it, in my application, but I am facing performance issue, as the time required to scan each tag of XML takes time.</p>
  <p>Please can anybody suggest any way for communication other than sending XML in response.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I would like to know the same.</p>
  <p>(I know web service means itself XML, But I found it very typical, like transfer entire database to XML while creating web service &amp; again parse it by iPhone - is a laborious job.)</p>