What if within minutes, anyone could visit a website to build a native iOS, Android and Windows Phone app, then install and run it on any phone? That's exactly what TheAppBuilder -- which launched at [Mobile World Congress][3] -- promises. It features a simple [HTML5][4]-based user interface that lets you create an app by choosing and populating some widgets -- like RSS feed, webpage, Twitter, Facebook, news and photo gallery (to name a few). Once finished, you'll receive an email with links to download and install a native iOS, Android and Windows Phone version of your app for free. From there you're able to customize and submit your app to the App Store, [Play Store][5], and Marketplace for $29 per month. We caught up with TheAppBuilder's Matthew David at [SXSW][6] and put the product's claim to the test by making and deploying our very own [Engadget app][7] -- all in record time. Browse the gallery below for some screen shots and hit the break to see the magic unfold in our hands-on video.
**Gallery: [TheAppBuilder at SXSW 2012][8]**
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