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Captioning Solutions for Handheld Media and Mobile Devices
Comparison chart of handheld devices and support of video and captions

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Note: This chart covers devices evaluated by the project and does not represent the all devices that support video and/or captions. Check back for updates as new devices are evaluated.

Device Manufacturer OS Screen size/resolution Video player/format Mobile TV Caption format Caption control Misc.
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8320 Research In Motion BlackBerry 4.2.2 2.5"/320x240 BlackBerry Media Player/MP4, H.263, WMV No open captions none
iPhone (8GB) Apple OS X 3.5"/480x320 iPod/H.264 (M4V) No
  1. Closed captions via .scc format
  2. open captions
 Closed captions only; system setting
iPod Nano (8GB) Apple -- 2"/320x240 iPod/H.264 (M4V) No
  1. Closed captions via .scc format
  2. open captions
 Closed captions only; system setting
iPod Touch (8GB) Apple -- 3.5"/480x320 iPod/H.264 (M4V) No
  1. Closed captions via .scc format
  2. open captions
 Closed captions only; system setting
iPAQ 210/211 Enterprise Handheld PDA HP Windows Mobile 6 Classic 4"/480x640 Windows Media Player Mobile 10 No open captions none
iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger HP Windows Mobile 6 Standard 2"/176x220 Windows Media Player Mobile 10 No open captions none
BlackJack II (SGH-i617) Samsung Windows Mobile 6 2.4"/320x240 Windows Media Player Mobile 10 Yes open captions none Has dedicated key for AT&T's CV service