diff --git a/BCL.csproj b/BCL.csproj
index 06c4ab108..5fbc893ce 100644
--- a/BCL.csproj
+++ b/BCL.csproj
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="Camera\index.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="Application\index.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="android17.d.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="Promises\promises.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="Promises\index.ts" />
     <Content Include="_references.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="Console\console.android.ts">
       <DependentUpon>console.d.ts</DependentUpon>
diff --git a/Promises/index.ts b/Promises/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a26b560fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Promises/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+declare var module, require;
+module.exports = require("Promises/promises");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Promises/promises.ts b/Promises/promises.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c675e5583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Promises/promises.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+export module Promises {
+
+    export function when(...promises: Promise[]): Promise {
+        var all_done = new Deferred();
+        var results = [];
+        var remaining = promises.length;
+
+        promises.map(
+            (p, i) => {
+                p.then(
+                    function (...args: any[]) {
+                        results[i] = args;
+                        remaining--;
+                        if (!remaining && all_done.status() !== 'rejected') {
+                            all_done.resolve.apply(all_done, results);
+                        }
+                    },
+                    function () { all_done.reject() }
+                    );
+            }
+            );
+
+        if (!remaining) {
+            all_done.resolve.apply(all_done, results);
+        }
+
+        return all_done.promise();
+    }
+
+    export class Promise {
+
+        constructor(private deferred: Deferred) { }
+
+        then(callback: Function, error: Function): Promise {
+            return this.deferred.then(callback, error);
+        }
+
+        status(): string { return this.deferred.status() }
+        result(): any[] { return this.deferred.result() }
+    }
+
+    export class Deferred {
+
+        private resolved: Function[] = [];
+        private rejected: Function[] = [];
+        private _status: string;
+        private _result: any[];
+        private _promise: Promise;
+
+        constructor() {
+            this._promise = new Promise(this);
+            this._status = 'in progress';
+        }
+
+        promise(): Promise { return this._promise }
+        status(): string { return this._status }
+        result(): any[] { return this._result }
+
+        resolve(...result: any[]): Deferred {
+            this._result = result;
+            this.notify(this.resolved, result);
+            this.resolved = [];
+            this._status = 'resolved';
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        reject(...result: any[]): Deferred {
+            this._result = result;
+            this.notify(this.rejected, result);
+            this.rejected = [];
+            this._status = 'rejected';
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        then(callback: Function, error: Function): Promise {
+            var d = new Deferred();
+
+            this.resolved.push(this.wrap(d, callback, 'resolve'));
+
+            if (error) {
+                this.rejected.push(this.wrap(d, error, 'reject'));
+            }
+
+            if (this._status === 'resolved') {
+                this.resolve.apply(this, this.result);
+            }
+            else if (this._status === 'rejected' && error) {
+                this.reject.apply(this, this.result);
+            }
+
+            return d.promise();
+        }
+
+        private wrap(d: Deferred, f: Function, method: string): Function {
+            return function (...args: any[]) {
+                var result = f.apply(f, args);
+                if (result && result instanceof Promise) {
+                    result.then(
+                        function () { d.resolve() },
+                        function () { d.reject() }
+                        );
+                }
+                else {
+                    d[method].apply(d, typeof result === 'array' ? result : [result]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private notify(funcs: Function[], result: any[]): void {
+            funcs.map((f) => { f.apply(f, result) });
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/WebClient/web_client.d.ts b/WebClient/web_client.d.ts
index 22b625121..609e80bf3 100644
--- a/WebClient/web_client.d.ts
+++ b/WebClient/web_client.d.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import image_module = require("Image/image");
 
 export declare class Client {
-    private static get(url: string, successCallback: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
-    getString(url: string, successCallback: (result: string) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
-    getJSON(url: string, successCallback: (result: Object) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
-    getImage(url: string, successCallback: (result: image_module.Image) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
+    private static get(url: string, successCallback?: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
+    getString(url: string, successCallback?: (result: string) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
+    getJSON(url: string, successCallback?: (result: Object) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
+    getImage(url: string, successCallback?: (result: image_module.Image) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts b/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts
index 5a2023771..b9a393342 100644
--- a/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts
+++ b/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   */
 
 import image_module = require("Image/image");
+import promises_module = require("Promises/promises");
 
 export class Client {
     /**
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ export class Client {
         }
     }
 
+    public static getString(url : string) {
+        var d = new promises_module.Promises.Deferred();
+        new Client().getString(url, r => d.resolve(r), e => d.reject(e));
+        return d.promise();
+    }
+
     public getJSON(url: string, successCallback: (result: Object) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
         try {
             this.getString(url, function (data) {
@@ -46,7 +53,18 @@ export class Client {
         }, errorCallback);
     }
 
-    private static get(url: string, successCallback: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
+    private static get(url: string, successCallback?: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
+        if (!successCallback && !errorCallback)
+        {
+            var d = new promises_module.Promises.Deferred();
+            Client.getUrl(url, r => d.resolve(r), e => d.reject(e));
+            return d.promise();
+        }
+
+        Client.getUrl(url, successCallback, errorCallback);
+    }
+
+    private static getUrl(url: string, successCallback: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
         try {
             var sessionConfig = Foundation.NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration();
             var queue = Foundation.NSOperationQueue.mainQueue();