On October 16th, Bell will begin selling the Q.  The great news is that it's shipping with MSFP (Messaging and Security Feature Pack).  This is an important component that allows the devices to receive direct push email, as well as to be wiped remotely in case they're lost (see my message from yesterday).

This phone will level the playing field for small businesses, allowing them to have enterprise "blackberry like" service on the powerful Windows Mobile platform.  For example, imagine the same device being used for a custom designed field application that allows remote data collection, reference, and collaboration.  Check out the sample application "TaskVision" to understand what I mean.  It's a task management application that uses web services to allow various types of smart clients (a Windows Mobile app included) to authenticate and synchronize remotely.  I suspect with some work, it could be designed to allow "push" distribution as well.