Uploaded mp4 from my phone but does not play in Quicktime Player

I recorded a video with my Pantech Matrix phone and exported it to my computer. I double click the file or use the "open with" and an error message pops up saying document can not be opened. I try opening with ITunes or IMovie and the programs itself are opened but not my video.
I just bought my MacBook Pro in March so everything should be relatively updated. I CAN watch the same video in Windows Media Player on my PC... please help.

There are many, many video formats and frankly most manufacturers assume everybody is running Windows and just design for that. Some things to try:
[VLC media player|http://www.videolan.org/vlc> - general media player that plays just about anything.
[Perian codecs for Quicktime|http://www.perian.org] - plugins to add functionality to Quicktime for playing additional audio and video formats
[Quicktime audio problems, Perian, VLC|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9013669] - read note about uninstalling prior DIVX support before installing Perian.
If you think the format is WMV then you need to install [Free Flip4mac QuickTime player components|http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.ms px]
After installation a new Flip4Mac pane will appear in System Preferences. Make sure you set the boxes to ensure that it will play WMV files in Quicktime.

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