[Jerry Raia]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/20/is-motorola-nixing-the-gsm-q/

"It's a bit muddled as to what's really going on, but we'll start from the start: French site Mobinaute printed that they spoke with a European Moto representative who informed them that the GSM Q was being canceled for European release (wait, who said it was announced for European release?) and that only Verizon in the US would be seeing any version hit the streets..."



The fun never stops. We have heard rumblings of no GSM Q here and there before. I do enjoy the chaos Motorola seems to generate in all aspects of its Smartphones. Here is some more uncertainty for you to chew on. Personally I think Motorola would be out of their minds not to release a GSM version of the Q. Makes it a possibility doesn't it?

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/20/is-motorola-nixing-the-gsm-q/

"It's a bit muddled as to what's really going on, but we'll start from the start: French site Mobinaute printed that they spoke with a European Moto representative who informed them that the GSM Q was being canceled for European release (wait, who said it was announced for European release?) and that only Verizon in the US would be seeing any version hit the streets..."



The fun never stops. We have heard rumblings of no GSM Q here and there before. I do enjoy the chaos Motorola seems to generate in all aspects of its Smartphones. Here is some more uncertainty for you to chew on. Personally I think Motorola would be out of their minds not to release a GSM version of the Q. Makes it a possibility doesn't it?

[Mike Temporale]

I would bet that it's not Moto that has cancelled the GSM version. I think it's more like a carrier has cancelled carrying the GSM version. Then someone picks up on that story and things get twisted around and before you know it, the story has changed to Moto cancells the Q.

Just my guess, but I think we'll see this available in every possible version you can imagine - and then some. Just like th RAZR.

[Jerry Raia]

I hope so, I would really like to see this thing come to life. I'll even buy one if it comes to Cingular! Maybe Moto would give me one. What do ya think? :lol:

[Rocco Augusto]

they should also issue an official apology for the mpx220

[Jerry Raia]

Originally Posted by optikalsaint

they should also issue an official apology for the mpx220

Don't get me started! :evil:

[Jon Westfall]

I think Motorola needs to simply stop trying to make phones with PDA integration. While I haven't had any problems with my mpx 220, stories abound on it's issues. My mpx 300 was slow and bulky, and the Q has never held any interest for me. I wonder if they get the product designers that even HP rejects working for them...

[MitchellO]

One thing I never got is why the MPx never got out of preproduction stage? I reckon that will a little more memory (cmon, 32Mb? :roll: ) that PDA Phone would have been a killer.

The Q looks nice. Is it just me, or does it look extraordinarily wide? :?:

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by MitchellO

The Q looks nice. Is it just me, or does it look extraordinarily wide? :?:

It is, but most of it is because it is extremely thin. The thin-ness makes it looks wide. Well that's my take on it. ;-)

[MitchellO]

Originally Posted by Kris Kumar

It is, but most of it is because it is extremely thin. The thin-ness makes it looks wide. Well that's my take on it. ;-)

Its exactly the same with the iPod Video. I thought it was wider than the originals, but its thinness (about half of the iPod Photo) makes it look that way.

[Kris Kumar]

I don't think Moto would have cancelled the Q for GSM. It is too big of a market to bail out of. Maybe they cancelled the non-EDGE or EDGE version to move it up to the next level, like what engadget is suggesting.

In fact only yesterday Ed Zander was CNBC in the morning, and talking about Motorola and the new products that will help capture bigger market share. When asked about competitors emulating the RAZR, he said something to the effect that his company is innovating and showed off Moto Q as the next big thing. I don't think Moto is going to make a dent with Q on the Verizon network, if anything the VZ network is only going to maim the Q and result in bad product reviews.

Update: For those of you folks who are lucky to have WSJ Online access. Check out the CNBC interview over here.
Ed was touting the video and audio capabilities of the Q in response to a question - What if Apple were to come out with a iPod or iTunes phone?