How Do I Watch Videos With My BlackBerry Pearl 8100?
Research in Motion (RIM) is the creator of the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone. The sleek Pearl 8100 is a lightweight personal data assistant (PDA) that comes equipped with a built-in media player that provides the capability of playing videos. In order to watch videos on your smartphone, perform the following steps.
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Instructions
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Press the "Menu" key on your smartphone to access the media application. In the media application, click the "Videos" media type. Click a category if necessary. Click the selected video to play the media file.
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To play a video on a Web page, click on the link for the video in the browser. Click "Open". To save a video from a Web page, click on the link for the video in the browser. Click "Save". Type a name for the video, and then click "Save" again.
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To pause a video media file, press the "Pause" icon. To resume playing the video, press the "Play" icon.
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To fast-forward or rewind a video, click the progress bar. Roll the trackball to the right or left. Click the trackball.
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Tips & Warnings
The video formats supported by the Pearl 8100 are: MPEG-4 Part 2 - Simple Profile + bvops (including DivX files in this format), as well as H.263 Profile 0 and Profile 3.
The video file extensions supported by the Pearl 8100 are: .avi containing MPEG4 Part 2 and H.263; .mov containing MPEG4 Part 2 and H.263; .3gp containing MPEG4 Part 2 and H.263; .mp4 containing MPEG4 Part 2 and H.263; .m4v containing MPEG4 Part 2 and H.263; and .mpg containing MPEG4 Part 2 and H.263.
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