Is there a way to write iPhone apps that can be distributed via the AppStore without writing Objective-C / Cocoa code? I’m perfectly happy writing happy HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but don’t want to get too deep into Apple proprietary languages and technologies.

Basically I just want the HTML/CSS/JavaScript app I have packaged so it can live offline on the iPhone, have network access, and use the local SQLite instance. I’ve looked at the SDK videos, the docs, and everything else I could find, but they all seem focused on writing Objective-C.

If that’s not possible, is there a bare-bones skeleton app that simply embeds safari and renders files stored on the iPhone?