Contrary to the title, Goalscape didn't earn me the bonus - but it was essential in managing the project. Here's how...

My client recently sent me a cool $2,000 USD for completing a project and meeting a tight deadline.

The project objective was to convert a finished iPhone app design to the Android platform. Making sure that every screen and possible action in the app was conceptualized and customized for Android.

The app consisted of 36 user scenarios that all combined to showcase the final product. It was my job to take each one of these scenarios and recreate them for the Android. While for the most part the UI for both of these platforms can be quite similar, it is the the UX that is more significantly different. Particularly given that Android devices have a hardware back button; which gives users a little more physical control of app navigation.

Anyway, it was a big project. Wtih a tight deadline. And a cash incentive for getting it done on time. A perfect opportunity to deploy Goalscape.

Visualizing a mobile app is easier when you can see exactly what the app will look like on a real device. So when I present app design concepts for Mekadroid clients, I use a high resolution phone 'shell' to help provide a realistic preview.

But where to find the newest Android phones in high resolution? Product pages are typically limited to a low res, compressed image that will not look any good blown up to the 1:1 resolution your app is designed to run at.

So recently I posted this very question to ui.StackExchange and basically answered it after some more digging. HTC was nice enough to hook me up with a high res front facing shot of their newest device, the T-Mobile G2.