O2's i-mode service to debut iPub for iPub sans iMates

We're not sure if this should be seen as a marked advance or decline for our civilisation, but thanks to O2 it looks like you'll soon be able to participate in most of your favorite pub-related activities from the comfort of your mobile phone. The new iPub channel for O2's i-mode service includes Pub Pool, Pub Fruity, Pub Darts, and "everything you would expect from a British pub
— games, drinking songs, jokes and even an old man sat over half a pint of mild." Now we just need some of those smelltones to give off the familiar pub smell and we'll be well on our way to a fully isolated and alcohol free pub experience — just what we always wanted