BlackBerry and their Video Playback Capabilities

Here’s a list of BlackBerry Smartphones, their model, name, screen resolution and their video playback capabilities.

H.264 notes

It’s often difficult to determine the specific H.264 profiles that a BlackBerry can support, such as what’s the max bit-rate the device can handle? Looking at the specification pages for each model can assist; such as Bold 9700 specs

It’s a pretty safe bet to encode for baseline profile for a video, otherwise you might see a blank screen when you try and play it back. Take a look here for more on ffmpeg encoding for BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Models and capabilities

Blackberry® Model	Resolution
BlackBerry 8100	240×260	MPEG4	Pearl
BlackBerry 8110
BlackBerry 8120
BlackBerry 8130
BlackBerry 8220	240×320	MPEG4	Pearl Flip
BlackBerry 8230
BlackBerry 8300	320×240	MPEG4	Curve
BlackBerry 8310
BlackBerry 8320
BlackBerry 8330
BlackBerry 8350i
BlackBerry 8520	320×240	H.264	Curve
BlackBerry 8530
BlackBerry 8800	320×240	MPEG4
BlackBerry 8820
BlackBerry 8830	320×240	H.264
BlackBerry 9000	480×320	H.264	Bold
BlackBerry 9500	360×480	H.264	Storm
BlackBerry 9530
BlackBerry 9550	360×480	H.264	Storm 2. OS 5.0
BlackBerry 9520
BlackBerry 9630	?	H.264	Tour
BlackBerry 9700	480×360	H.264	Bold 2. OS 5.0

Blank values mean they carry down from the model prior.

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