NSBasic

I used NS Basic/CE a couple of years ago for a project using HP Ipaq 112 Classics. It was actually quite easy to develop software, write to text files, turn WiFi on and off to communicate with a server. There were a few minor quirks which were easily overcome. There were plenty of add-ons available for free to do the odd things I didn't want to reinvent such as turning WiFi on and off.
I'm looking at developing an app for android so I will definitely give NS Basic a go.
Their support was also excellent, especially from George Henne.
For $99 there really isn't much to lose.
I am also interested to see what others have to say.
Good luck.

Thanks!  I am also interested in what others have to say.  I am initially trying to convert two web services to mobile apps: www.etraxc.com and www.my-etraxc.com.  Hopefully this will allow me to do this.

look at http://www.appcelerator.com/ or http://phonegap.com/ or https://www.google.com/producer  https://trigger.io/  https://www.firebase.com  http://apigee.com/about/

If you talk to anybody that started, using something like phonegap was easy, but can be laggy.  It is a good stepping stone, but then they say their next project will be native.   I have been looking at trigger.io.  It is not free, but easy to use.  

You can very easily use html5 w/vbs/asp with a responsive template and do a web view .  That would be the fastest.  Then phonegap, then a trigger.io/apigeee.  When you start getting into more native, we can only use or vb/asp/sql as a webservice.

Yeah I am struggling with webview or this one to start.  Can u put an icon  on your mobile s seen with either/both solutions?

Ha.  We also time races (www.gopherstateevents.com) and are looking at ways to do what you said AND allow for electonic race day registration.  So much to do, so little time!!!

Thanks a ton for all of your help.  Your posts are informative and easy to follow.  Much appreciated and well worth by $13/month.