Apple's Video Specifications are WRONG!

Well, it seems apple has screwed 3rd party developers with their API used to access the video features on the iPhone. Either that, or they don't want to own up to the fact that the 3G iPhone can't play video files up to the specs on their website (through 3rd party apps).
Check it out - Here are the "supported" video settings for the 3G iPhone:
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
So, if you render an mp4 file to these EXACT specs, you can play it on your 3G iPhone when imported through iTunes. However, if you try to play this EXACT file through the dropbox app, you get an error message.
THE 3G IPHONE CAN'T PLAY IT BUT THE 3GS IPHONE CAN!!!
Anyone else run into this or am I the only one?
I feel like apple should address this and list out supported video rendering specs for the 3G when played back through a 3rd pary app that has to get pwnd by using the API.

The Samsung integrated unit in 3GS is actually capable of doing much more than officially allowed. The reason Apple limited its performance is to conserve battery, i.e. while it's capable of playing 1080p, it wouldn't make any sense on such a small display and would just waste battery life. It can even do HD capture, but iPhone's camera is not good enough for that.
Now, I'm not sure if I exactly get what you mean. Does third party video playback API not support same formats as Apple's own playback?
Was this limited to Dropbox? Dropbox does some little things to your files, for example it drops the EXIF data from images to save space.
You also drop a line about 3G and 3GS, how is that related?

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