If you're still waiting patiently for the gang over at Sparrow to release their promised iPad upgrade, it seems as if you can find something else to do now.
That's not because the iPad version is here, but rather because the entire company was just scooped up by Google, as announced Friday morning on the company's blog.
"We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience," writes Sparrow CEO Dom Leca. "Now we're joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision -- one that we think we can better achieve with Google."
The move is an interesting one for the maker of the Mac and iPhone third-party email client which bears the same name, essentially driving a stake through the heart of the iPad edition which was teased in recent weeks.
"While we’ll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow available and provide support for our users," Leca adds, while confirming to existing users via email that Sparrow will not be receiving new features in the future.
Not surprisingly, the Sparrow developers are heading to Google's Gmail team, which could foretell all kinds of interesting possibilities, including a dedicated Mac Gmail client or even an improved Gmail experience on iOS.
For now, however, it's just a bittersweet goodbye to the fans who have helped make Sparrow what it is.
"We’d like to extend a special thanks to all of our users who have supported us, advised us, given us priceless feedback and allowed us to build a better mail application," Leca's blog post concludes. "We had an amazing ride and can't thank you enough. Full speed ahead!"
Source : feeds.ign.com
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