Originally Posted by
Thunderbuck There's one major reason why the Passport is as large as it is.
The screen first needs to be wide enough to present a decent 16:9 image for video and photos. Not such a big deal; the Q5 and Q10 do that quite nicely. What's different with the Passport is that they also want it to be able to do a VERTICAL 16:9 so that a full Android app can be displayed without scrolling. Maybe the biggest issue with the current Qs is that some Android apps wind up with controls that fall outside the square window and it can render the device useless.
If you tried to render a vertical 16:9 app on such a small screen it would be very difficult to read/use.