Q:

Making a web app native (kind of...)

I have already spent a lot of time on Google, but have not found what I am looking for.
I have a PHP based web app that uses jquery mobile. I want to get it to the apple & android app store so people can find it and use it like an app. All I really need is something that acts as a container (i.e. web browser) to go to our site. The app needs data from our servers, so it only works when they are online. Since it is PHP, I can't do any converting. PhoneGap seems more complicated than we need. 
Is there a simple\free solution out there? Could anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

A:

You should do it yourself using the Android WebView and Apple UIWebView.  Since you have the webapp in PHP on the Internets somewhere, just format that to fit mobile screens properly, then create the applications to utilize the WebViews.
Android: http://developer.android.com/guide/webapps/webview.html
iPhone: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIWebView_Class/Reference/Reference.html
Follow a couple tutorials on each and you could have something up and running very quickly. 
Edit: This link has a sample application (for android) associated with the tutorial for download: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/using-webviews.htm
And I think there are a couple decent UIWebView (Apple) tutorials on YouTube.

