As a new member I have found this forum to be very helpful... so first off Thank You All.
That said I have spent the entire afternoon searching this forum and the BB FAQ section and to my dismay I have found DOZENS of unanswered threads on the following problem:
The 8100 Series BB (including my model of the 8130) and possibly other models does not support opening any type of video attachment received in an email.
I am shocked on how many people continuously post this question and no one offers any sort of explanation, third party software or workaround. It seems to me (and forgive me if I am wrong) that everyone is happy just to turn a blind eye to this concern.
Seen below are screenshots of me trying to open email attachments on my 8130, first is of a Word .doc and the second is of a small .3GP Video
Notice how it doesn't even give you an option to open the .3GP Video attachment, like it doesn't even exist!
According to the BB FAQ found
here, the following Video Formats are Supported:
MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and bvop, including DivX 4)
File formats - .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov
Video - Up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 30 frames per second
H.263 (Profile 0 & Profile 3)
File formats - .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov
Video - up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 30 frames per second
Windows Media Video (Simple Profile)
File formats - .wmv
Video - Up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 24 frames per second
So please, I invite everyone who took the time to view this post to either weigh in on weather or not they can open any type of video attachment received in an EMAIL and/or an explanation as to why even though the above file types are supported by BB 8100 series devices and can be played off the media card after recording or after being uploaded via desktop software to the card but NOT opened if attached to an email.