It was first announced in the summer of 2005 as a thin device with a similar design to the Motorola Razr.

The Motorola Q was first released in the United States on May 31, 2006, initially on the Verizon Wireless network, followed by Sprint in early January 2007[2] and Amp'd Mobile in April 2007.

Topics include getting started, email setup, bluetooth technology, synching, multimedia features and third-party applications.

Several Q users had found a minor malfunction with the first version of the Q which was exclusively sold by Verizon.

Verizon Wireless released a new version of the Q in mid January 2007 in a new color, producing it in black to compete with the T-Mobile Dash and Cingular's Samsung Blackjack.