Here at 39Argyle we love Gowalla. Just like Gowalla, the 39Argyle team includes 3 native Texans, and we’ve been passionate dedicated users from day 1. After using the Gowalla iPhone application for so long, we decided to explore what their user experiences looked like on other major market devices. We were able to find the Android application and the Blackberry version, designed by Mutual Mobile, but no word of an upcoming WP7 release. It makes sense that the majority of the focus and innovation from Gowalla has taken place on the iPhone, especially with the large number of early adopters and a user base that resides in various design and development spaces. At the same time you cannot ignore what the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 will achieve in the upcoming years.

At the time, we already possessed an early expertise in designing for Windows Phone 7 and because we knew companies like Flickr and Foursquare were already creating amazingly beautiful Windows Phone products, we decided to reach out to the Gowalla team about the prospect of crafting their Windows Phone application. A project was never created between our two companies, but we decided to design a quick concept for a Gowalla Windows Phone 7 app to satiate our own desires to illustrate the brand on the platform.Working with my wife, Natalie, we whipped these out in about 3 hours just for kicks.

There are so many untapped opportunities for companies to extend their brands and products to and to reach out to a whole new segment of users on WP7. We’ll be on the lookout for the Gowalla Windows Phone 7 application and suggest you do too.

For more information, see Natalie’s Article “A Gowalla Concept for Windows Phone 7”