Google has indefinitely suspended the launch of the Nexus Q to consumers so they can make it "do even more than it does today." Which translates to, roughly, "sorry, everyone is telling us this thing is basically useless as is, so please give us time to fix it." Those who pre-ordered will be getting free Q's, though, so that's pretty awesome. Here's the email Google sent out to pre-order customers:

We have an important update about your Nexus Q pre-order. When we announced Nexus Q at Google I/O, we gave away devices to attendees for an early preview. The industrial design and hardware were met with great enthusiasm. 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. To thank you for your early interest, we'd like to extend the Nexus Q preview to our pre-order customers and send you a free device. If you had other items in your order, your credit card will be charged for those items only. Your Nexus Q will be on its way soon and you will receive a notification and tracking number from Google Play when it ships. The Nexus Q Team

The Play Store page for the Q has been removed (unless you have a direct link), and all references to pricing are gone. Which, as you might guess, probably means when it does return, the Q will be a little cheaper ($300 was definitely steep). Pricing for the Triad bookshelf speakers was also removed, as was pricing for speaker cables.

So, expect the Q to return a cheaper, leaner media streaming ball. That hopefully does more. A lot more, preferably.