It all started with Mobinaute reporting that they had been told that the Motorola GSM Q would not be released in Europe. Mobinaute does indicate though that the same sources confirmed that the Motorola Q would still be released in the United States.
Engadget goes further and indicates that the European cancellation of the GSM Q is due to the fact that Motorola will release a UMTS/HSDPA version instead.
It all makes for a tangled web!