With the developer momentum building behind Windows Phone 7, there’s a lot of work-in-progress applications flying around. Although many of them show a lot of potential, it’s easy to get distracted by the rough edges that is not representatives of the final polished experiences.
For those reasons now, this “USGA Shot Tracker” social golf scoring demo app built internally at Microsoft makes a great example of third-party WP7 applications we should expect (if not demand) from developers.
These screencaps comes from one of the dozen Windows Phone Design Day recordings posted today by Jaime Rodriguez which are an awesome resource for any WP7 developers, designers or enthusiasts. (The discoloration is due to the video compression)
There’s also a video recording of the app here. Doesn’t this make you want to play golf?
Nope. But then little would
WHY DOESNT MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!
It’s a really beaultiful app. I wish 3rd party developers have the same care with their apps to enable consistent experiences to the users. I know I’ll do my best.
Oh, I want the phone in the first image!
+1
Simple and captivating
Me too
This is insane! Looks awesome. BTW, the background is fixed white, not dependent on the phone theme?
Based on the first two screenshots, with the application icons, yes, it is fixed white.
Apart from the beautiful graphics interface, the screen flow is so Windows. In other words … stupid and nerdy.
@bonelyfish Stick to your iPhone then
Wow, that looks sweet, I like the interface (when compared to some golf apps I use now)… but the hands down best part is screenshot for Willows Run Hole #1. “Eldrick: Out of Bounds.” Haha, just like real life these days.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they took a few cues from Golfshot for the iPhone — a phenomenal golf tracking and GPS app that doesn’t emphasize the social aspect of the USGA app, but does everything else better. The same company recently release Golfscape, which is a pretty bad ass augmented reality golf app.
A golf app for the W7 phone…bore. There are lots golf apps to copy for many different phones and “dedicated” GPS/scoring devices. Just more me too, like the OS.
@BB: If you think the OS is just “me too” your clueless opinion is too worthless even for the internet.
Looks like a great app. I think the Silverlight user interface is going to make some really interesting apps.
Will it tell me if I am in a bunker – even if it is behind the ropes and filled with cheeseheads? oh yes – and when do I get my copy?
I love any new app for golf. I use the golflogix smartphone gps app already. Keep them coming.
Nice! I need to dress up the scorecard in my GPS app a bit more to look like that. I’d love to hear any of your suggestions around my free Golf GPS app for WP7 – http://www.socialgolftour.com.
Just tried out Social golf tour, sadly it doesn’t have any courses nearby. I use Connected Golfers, which was 9.99, but according to this guy’s tweet it’s free for a limited time and has a lot of awesome features. http://bit.ly/j5SrTD or http://www.connectedgolfers.com
Thanks for trying it. You can add a course using our tool at http://www.SocialGolfTour.com or email support@socialgolftour.com and we’ll add it.
@bonelyfish: troll else where dude, it looks strikingly similar to the same approach golfshot gps is using aka, the number one downloaded scorecard app on the planet. That said, this has some of the windows touches that make it different, I certianly wouldn’t say worse, android has nothing of this look and feel yet.