Here’s the story – ex Google Gmail dev goes off to put together a best-in-class email search app for the iPhone. Google then buys that smaller developer’s company and the project gets binned.

TechCrunch observes the story and sums it up: ” It’s sad that other iPhone users won’t get a chance to check out this app now that Google is killing it. But all’s fair in love and war, I suppose.

“And make no mistake, this is war.”

iPhone v. Android. Ah well.