Verizon: Motorola Q not launching next week

Now that Verizon has started boasting of its exclusive deal to sell the Motorola Q (at least until Sprint pumps out their version), what's VZW's next move? Why, to deny that the smartphone is coming out anytime soon, of course. According to Brighthand, a Verizon spokesman stated that the company does not have a "launch event scheduled for next week." Hey, we'll parse that one a bit. Maybe Verizon's shipping it without an "event." Or maybe the spokesman was out of the loop (wouldn't be the first time). Or, more likely, he was just doing his job, issuing a denial in an effort to maintain some sense of suspense, and the Q will indeed show up next week, with some kind of event. But just in case, don't start camping out in front of VZW stores just yet, m'kay?

[Marc Mayor @ May 19th 2006 9:29AM]

The more things change, the more things remain the same in the beautiful world of technology...

[Jarod @ May 19th 2006 9:30AM]

HOW COME???

MS WINSHIT MOBILE CRASHED??

HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

[Brian @ May 19th 2006 9:47AM]

Any offical word (not qusers.com) for cost on these guys yet?

[theattack @ May 19th 2006 9:58AM]

The price on Quser came from HOFO, a reliable source who seems to work for Verizon. He's been right on in the past.

[BA @ May 19th 2006 10:01AM]

VZW employees on HoFo are saying the same prices as qusers.com quoted. $299 with a 2yr, I dont recall the 1yr, and $419 full retail.

[murph @ May 19th 2006 10:02AM]

VZW customer service SUCKS! if their network wasn't so good and fast, everyone would be jumping ship. it's the same crap as the Samsung i730 Windows Mobile 5 upgrade. it's been "coming soon" for about 2 months now, and no one at VZW has any clue.

[Tobor @ May 19th 2006 10:09AM]

What is it going to take to get posters to stop saying "m'kay".

m'kay = fingernails on the chalkboard of my mind.

[Andrew Bragdon @ May 19th 2006 10:24AM]

I want this phone so much. Stop stringing me along Verizon!

[Argelius @ May 19th 2006 11:06AM]

Check out this video:

http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2_2-6072937.html?tag=nl.e540

Smart phone is in final stages of delivery

At the Gartner ITxpo in San Francisco, Motorola CEO Ed Zander tells Gartner analysts Nick Jones and Ken Dulaney that the company's "Q" smart phone has taken longer to deliver than expected. It is about a week away from hitting the market, he says. The smart phone was announced last July and has been billed a BlackBerry killer.

(Apologies if this is already posted...didn't see it)

[mcepat @ May 19th 2006 12:54PM]

2. MS WINSHIT MOBILE CRASHED??

HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Your a retard, my Windows Mobile phone is awsome, navigation just flows on this phone, every other phone I have ever used has awful, I mean awful navigation.

The outlook intergration absolutley blows blackberry out of the water, it hyper links phone numbers in the body of my emails and in one press I cam calling them, same goes for emails in a message, one press and I am sending them a email, not sure what all the crying is about blackberry, I had a blackberry and windows mobile is much much better, and lastly I have never had windows mobile crash on me, ever, you just be thinking of windows ce 1.0 or somethhing

[TorenC @ May 19th 2006 3:22PM]

mcepat (#11):

I'm glad that you enjoy your windows mobile phone, but the features that you mentioned (clickable ph#'s/emails) are available on blackberry's also. I a drawer full of them, and specifically a VZW 7250, that does exactly those things - I used the phone number dialing one this morning... Honestly, having recently tested all the current windows mobile 5 offerings, and all the current BB offerings, I really do prefer the blackberries. The form factor and ease of use seem much better, and I also really like BES (once it's set up. setup is a bit of a bitch). Now, if only there was a RDP client for blackberries...

[Jorge @ May 19th 2006 3:37PM]

Check it out Verizon IS selling it.



http://vzwshop.com/q/?www.reghardware.co.uk

[b @ May 19th 2006 4:07PM]

"Now, if only there was a RDP client for blackberries..."

Close...http://www.xb.com/products/pocketadmin/

[hmurchison @ May 19th 2006 6:26PM]

I want one.

[Orneta @ May 19th 2006 9:26PM]

Looks like everyone is waiting for this one.

[Orneta @ May 19th 2006 9:43PM]

The RIM BlackBerry is a great device, but can it play music? Does it support Bluetooth Stereo Headsets? Does it sync with Microsoft Exchange out of the box? How many third party applications are avaiable for it? Does it have voice recognition? Does it have a camera for pics and video? Can it record voice notes? Does it have EVDO? And last but not least, is it as sleek and slick as the Moto Q?

[Jay @ May 20th 2006 8:35AM]

I would agree the Blackberry is nice but unless you are some huge company the integration with Exchange is terrible. I'm an IT consultant and can't stand setting these up. It does get email from exchange through the webclient but that is about it. It only gets the email and you can't delete it from your Blackberry and have it delete it from Exchange. Unless they have implemented something I don't know about. You need toe Blackberry Enterprise Server to make it worth while. I work with companies under 50 employees and none of them are going to dump 5k into it. Windows Mobile 5.0 has push sync right out of the box and it works great. I'm sure they will keep perfecting it as well. I have the Treo 700W now and it is great. I can't wait to get my hands on one of the Moto Q's since it is about half as thick!!! Hopefully next week.

[Curtis @ May 22nd 2006 11:40AM]

LOL Winshit CRashes!!
This reminds me of the other crap floating around this site (specifically the ps3 bashing by xbox360 fanboys) Just because it's a certain brand does not automatically put the product into a certain category. Chill out with the brandwhoring.

Anyways, even with my NE2 $100 credit, its still gonna be $200 if i decide to buy, yikes!

[TorenC @ May 22nd 2006 7:11PM]

I do admit that I meant blackberries connected to a BES in my comment. I know how horrible they are with out one - honestly RIM should be embarrassed how poorly they work alone. As for the feature comparison with the Q, any windows mobile device is going to win that hands down, but most people who want blackberries don't want cameras or video or music or things like that. They want a device to carry around and do email and calendaring on, and they don't want to futz around with a touch screen or menus. I really do like windows mobile devices, I carried an MDA around for about a month, but in the long run I'll choose easier email use over a swiss army knife portable.

Oh, and there are EVDO and EDGE blackberries. The 7250 I mentioned before is EVDO, as is the 7130, and the 8700 is EDGE.

Lastly, the PocketAdmin software that was pointed out is remote admin software, but it's not an native RDP client, it's its own thing. I would actually choose Idokorro for that over PocketAdmin.

[Cirrus @ May 26th 2006 10:29AM]

It is absolutely outrageous that they're shipping this phone and it will NOT contain the MSFP (Message Security and Feature Pack.) SP2 for Exchange has been out for how long now? Verizon pulled the same damned trick with the 700w. People would open the box and discover... "Wait a second - this isn't push email! This is a BS attempt at push email using SMS messages to prompt the device to go check for email!"

Lo and behold, 4 months after it was released, Palm FINALLY released the patch to enable MSFP. Yet I've read in many reviews that the Q "works with Exchange" - I call that hogwash. Yes it "functions" with Exchange, but let's see what it can't do...

1. Access the GAL

2. No "direct push" - SMS eats the battery. Complaint from my users without MSFP enabled devices.

3. No encryption

4. No remote wipe in the event the device is lost/stolen

And in the reviews I've read, MSFP is supposedly going to be a patch for the Q. What are these developers doing on a daily basis that they can't release a product that actually WORKS OUT OF THE BOX with technology that has been available for over 8 months?! Hats off to motorola.

And for all the WM5 fanbois out there - I have a Palm 700w. It sucks. WM5 sucks - it crashes, it's unintuitive to a non-techy user.

I had a BB 7750 before that - it was slow but at least it didn't crash (as much.) Of course, it couldn't play music or take crappy pictures, and it was as slow as molasses moving around. The Internet browsing on BlackBerry's is attrocious and they too release patches that break functionality (see most recent 4.1 for 7250's).

Both have their +/- but coming from BlackBerry, I expected to be using a BlackBerry killer - admittedly, I'm happier now with MSFP than before, but resetting my device every few days doesn't inspire confidence.