Google, in an email to those that pre-ordered a Nexus Q:
We also heard initial feedback from users that they want Nexus Q to do even more than it does today. In response, we have decided to postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.
Google amazes me and not in a good way. They are one of the largest, most powerful, most important companies on the planet, yet:
– They spend the time and money to prepare a device that has glaring deficiencies.
– They take a lot of time from Google I/O to demo the device.
– They allow customers to pre-order the device.
– They then pull the device because they discover what everyone has known from the get-go: That the Nexus Q was a flawed concept that was Dead On Arrival (DOA).
Is there no one at Google who knows how to say “no”?