Google has silently pulled the plug on its iGoogle website designed specifically for the iPhone, now unceremoniously redirecting traffic to its standard mobile version of the web portal instead.

Until now, those who visited Google from an iPhone or iPod were treated to a version of iGoogle portal made just for the enormously popular Apple device. But without so much as a warning, the special treatment has come to an end.

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