Attachment requirements
Supported attachments
Subscribers can open email messages that contain supported attachments on their BlackBerry® device. Subscribers can open the table of
contents for an attachment, or they can open the complete attachment.
Attachments cannot exceed 8 MB (6 MB for the attachment and 2 MB for the message header and file encoding).
Attachment type
Extension
Notes
Microsoft® Word
.doc, .dot, .docx
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Microsoft® Excel®
.xls, xlsx
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Microsoft® PowerPoint®
.ppt, pptx
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Corel® WordPerfect®
.wpd
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OpenDocument text files
.odt, .ott
Supported only if files were created using IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ 1.2
Adobe® PDF
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ASCII text
ASCII text, .txt
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vCard® contact attachments
.vcf
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HTML
.html, .htm
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zip archive
.zip
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color attachments
.doc, .xls, .ppt, .wpd
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picture attachments
.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png
, .tiff, .wmf
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iCalendar attachments
.icf
Supported with BlackBerry® Device Software 4.2 or later
voicemail attachments
.wav, .mp3, .wma, .
amr
Supported with BlackBerry Device Software 4.2 or later
RTF
.rtf
Supported with BlackBerry Device Software 4.2 or later
Supported functionality of email message attachments
Action
Requirements
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pan, zoom, or rotate pictures
•
view embedded pictures in Microsoft® Word documents
BlackBerry® Device Software version 3.8 or later
Feature and Technical Overview
BlackBerry Internet Service requirements
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