What is 3GP?
3GP is the standard used today on the 3G mobile phones. It is distinguished in two different standards; the 3GPP, which is used on GSM-based phones and have the file extension, .3gp. There is also the 3GPP2, which is for CDMA-based phones, and have the file extension .3g2. These two standards are MPEG-4 and H.263 based while having an AAC and an AMR audio. This multimedia container format was defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a group of telecommunications partners, the ETSI from Europe, ARIB/TTC from Japan, TTA from South Korea, CCSA from China, and ATIS from North America.
3G, 3GP, 3GPP
3G stands for third generation, a generic wireless industry term for high-speed mobile data delivery over cellular networks. 3G networks allow users to send and receive bandwidth-intensive information such as video, video conferencing, high quality audio and web data on-demand, virtually anytime and anyplace.
3GP is a multimedia container format defined by 3GPP for use on 3G mobile phones. It is a simplified version of MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4). 3GP files have the filename extension .3gp (GSM Based Phones) or .3g2 (CDMA Based Phones).
3GP stores video streams as MPEG-4 or H.263, and audio streams as AMR-NB or AAC-LC formats. 3GP files are always big-endian. 3GP also describes image sizes and bandwidth, so content is correctly sized for mobile display screens.
3GP files are viewable on a PC using 3GP Player, QuickTime, RealPlayer, MPlayer, VLC Player, Total Video Player, The KMPlayer.
3GPP, 3GPP2 are the new worldwide standard for the creation, delivery and playback of multimedia over 3rd generation, high-speed wireless networks.
Defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project and 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 respectively, these standards seek to provide uniform delivery of rich multimedia over newly evolved, broadband mobile networks (3rd generation networks) to the latest multimedia-enabled wireless devices.
3GP Compatible Mobile Phones
Nokia: 1600, 2600, 3128, 3220, 3230, 3250, 3620, 3650, 3660, 5140i, 6020, 6021, 6030, 6060, 6101, 6102, 6103, 6111, 6170, 6230, 6230i, 6260, 6270, 6280, 6600, 6610, 6620, 6630, 6650, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6820, 6822, 7200, 7260, 7270, 7280, 7360, 7370, 7380, 7600, 7610, 7650, 7700, 7710, 8800, 9210i, 9300, 9500, E60, E61, E70, N90, N91, N70, N-Gage, N-Gage QD
Motorola: 008, 009, A1000, A1010, A6188, A630, A668, A728, A732, A768, A768i, A780, A830, A835, A840, A845, A860, A890, A910, A920, A925, C117, C380, C385, C390, C650, C975,C980, E1000, E1060, E1070, E1120, E1150, E375, E378i, E398, E610, E680, E725, E738i, E770, E895, L6, L7v, MPx, MPx100, MPx110, MPx200, MPx220, v220, v226, v235, v270, v280, v330, v360, v500, v505, v535, v547, v550, v551, v555, v557, v560, v600, v620, v635, v660, v690, v700, v710, v820, v872, v878, v880, v975, V980, v1000, v1050, v1150, SLVR L7, SLVR V8, V3, V3i, V6 PEBL, V80, Razr V3x, Razr V3xv, ROKR E1
Samsung: A680, A890, A900, A940, B100, D410, D500, D500E, D510, D550, D600, D600, D710, D720, D730, E300, E310, E340, E350, E530, E530e, E600, E620, E640, E720, E730, E750, E880, I250, I300, I500, I505, I700, I750, MM A700, P510, P730, P850, P860, SPH A940, SPH-A800, SCH-S250, T309, T809, x495, X610, X640, X660, X700, X800, Z107, Z110, Z130, Z130 SHP, Z140, Z300, Z500, Z500, Z700
Siemens: C72, C75, CC75, CF110, CF75, CL75, CX65, CX70, CX75, M65, M75, ME75, S65, S75, SFG75, SG75, SK65, SL65, SL75, SP65, ST60, SX1, SX45, SX66, SXG75, U10, U15
Sony Ericsson: D750, D750i, F500i, J210, J300, J300i, K300a, K300i, K500, K500i, K506, K508i, K600, K600i, K608i, K700i, K750, K750i, P800, P900, P908, P910, P910i, P990, S600, S700i, S710a, V600, V600i, V800, W550, W550i, W600, W600i, W800, W800i, W900i, Z208, Z500, Z500a, Z520, Z600, Z608, S700i, Z800, Z800i, Z1010
LG:B2100, F3000, G7070, G7100, G7120, G7200, L5100, M4300, M4330, M4410, M535, P7200, S5100, S5200, T5100, U8100, U8110, U8120, U8180, U8330, U8360, U8380, U880, VX7000
Panasonic: MX6, MX7, SA6, SA7, VS2, VS3, VS6, VS7, X300, X500, X700, X800, Z800
Philips: 568, 760, 766, 868, 960, 968, Xenium 9@9e
NEC: 802, c616v, E122, e228, e238, e313, e338, E353, E540, e616, E949, N100, N109, N110, N160, N200, N343i, N400i, N410i, N500, N600i, N610, N620, N750, N840, N850, N900iG, N920, N923, N940
