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Our European readers certainly know that not many things in life beat watching a great football (soccer for our U.S. readers) match in a good company and with lots of booze involved. Moreover, it is a common practice to gather with friends in some bar and yell with the rest of the public when your club scores. The mentioned atmosphere seems to have been the main inspiration behind Drinksin’s application called Footy Pubs 2010, which is made to help folks find a pub to watch a World Cup game.
The app takes advantage of the phone’s built-in location capabilities, allowing you to find nearby pubs that show World Cup matches that day. There’s also the “Plan” mode from where you can pick your city/town, select the match you want to watch and then browse through the list of pubs. Once you pick a pub, you can get directions to it, which can come pretty handy. Actually, you may need directions back to home once the game ends, if you know what I mean. 
Anyway, Footy Pubs 2010 will definitely be popular in Europe where the World Cup is a big deal. Hence, Drinksin decided to launch both the iPhone and version for (select) Nokia smartphones. You can grab the application from an appropriate link below — depending on the device you have.
Footy Pubs 2010 for iPhone/iPod Touch (FREE) [iTunes link]
Footy Pubs 2010 for Symbian S60 (FREE) [Ovi Store link]
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
