BlackBerry is a personal communication device developed and serviced by RIM (Research in Motion), a Canadian company. It can provide email, text messaging, web browsing, and telephone service. Standard features on a BlackBerry include calendar, tasks, notes, alarm clock, calculator, and some games. Third party applications can be downloaded to extend its capability as well.
Since RIM released BlackBerry in 1999 for the fist time, it swept American high-end phone market fleetly. BlackBerry is best-loved by business men because it can meet their needs to use a mobile phone send or receive e-mails anytime, anywhere. BlackBerry also plus a QWERTY keyboard similar to a computer keyboard, and with it, people can read Excel, PowerPoint, PDF documents as well as XHTML page viewing.
Today, at the airport, high-rise office buildings, hospitals, restaurants or cafes, even in almost every corner of the United States, you can see BlackBerry smart phones. For its popularity, RIM has released more series of BlackBerry with media functions, such as BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Storm, etc.
Besides usual commercial functions, more and more people would like to use them to watch movies, listen to the songs to extend their enjoyment.
As mentioned to movies and music, a format issue should be focused, what kind of audio/video formats does BlackBerry support? Take it easy, the following part will show you the answer as detailed as possible:
BlackBerry Pearl 8100, 8110, 8120, 8220 supported formats:
MP4, M4A, MOV, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3
Recommended video format: MP4 (240x320 pixels, up to 768 kbps, 24 frames per second)
BlackBerry Curve 8900 supported formats:
MP4, M4A, MOV, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3
Recommended video format: MP4 (480*360 pixels, up to 1500 kbps, 24 frames per second)
BlackBerry Bold 9000 supported formats:
MP4, M4A, MOV, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3
Recommended video format: MP4 (480x320 pixels, up to 1500 kbps, 24 frames per second)
BlackBerry Storm 9500 supported formats:
MP4, M4A, 3GP, 3GP2, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, and MP3
Recommended video format: MP4 (480*360 pixels, up to 2 Mbps, 30 frames per second)
The format problem has been solved; the next question should be what kind of tools could help you copy your own DVD movies to BlackBerry via Mac OS? Here software Pavtube DVD converter to BlackBerry for Mac will be recommended, you just need install this software, insert your DVDs into your Mac, and do a few clicks with your preference, and the software will do the rest.
All in all, to achieve the greatest degree of BlackBerry’s media function, you need support from third party software. Select a quite proper tool to realize your DVD conversion on Mac OS, and enjoy watching movies on your BlackBerry wherever and whenever. It will bring you unexpected surprises.
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