2006-07-10 07:29:52 · 14 answers · asked by mrs.radcliffe 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
whitch one can play movies and how?
2006-07-10 21:34:45 · update #1
a MP3 Player is a generic term for ANYTHING that can play MP3 files as Music, this could be an iPod your computer, car or home sound system or even these silly £25 things from tesco that break in 4 weeks and sound awful
an iPod is a High Quality MP3 (and Video as well) player from Apple that uses a hard disk to contain 1000 to 50,000 MP3 files and plays them though a menu system that is very well made incredibly easy to use and reliable
2006-07-10 07:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by Michael63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ipod is an mp3 player. the only difference is that ipod sometimes uses the flash memory(from 512 to 4 gb) and other times the harddisc based storage(upto 60 GB). the reason for Ipods phenominal success is its design and its operation. it is a very cool thing to have, and a lot of other industy are trying to integrate this Mp3 player into their products. eg aree shoes, and jeans and jackets. Bose has come out with a special speaker for the ipod, and there are car systems that accept ipods as music systems. so this is why the ipod has been enjoying this distincition.
further, unlike other mp3 players that actually play the songs in the format that we are used to, to play it in lets say winamp or media player... the ipod software itunes, converts it to an copyrighted format called ACC before storing them. and further the songs once they are stored in the ipod cannot be accessed with out the itunes, for then the titles and all related info is garbage!!
2006-07-10 07:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by Lawrence L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than $100 and the ability to play your downloads on anything else but an Apple product...
MP3 players are often solid state (no moving parts), using chip-based memory to store songs (like a USB thumb-drive) iPods (except iPodShuffle) use minature internal hard drives to store songs.
At this point in time, mini hard drives store more songs per cubic millimeter than memory does, therfore iPods can hold lots of songs.
I think anything that has moving parts - especially on a product that you carry around with you - is bound to fail sooner than electronic memory chips.
2006-07-10 07:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by Rick W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ipod is a specific brand of mp3 player. there is no difference. the apple company make mp3 players called ipods, just as creative and other companies also manufacture mp3 players
2006-07-10 07:44:04 · answer #4 · answered by greenday4ever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ipod is a type of mp3 player like a car and a bmw, but the downside to an ipod is that it only works with itunes
2006-07-10 07:38:05 · answer #5 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ipods are made by apple....
mp3 often havce less storage space buyt not always.
An ipod is a TYPE of mp3 player
2006-07-10 07:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by Br. Benjamin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i lol'ed at the first answer. who says there aren't any other mp3 players that can hold a lot of songs? the big difference is that ipods are compatible with both pc's and mac's and others only operate with pc's.
2006-07-10 07:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ipod IS an mp3 player.
2006-07-10 07:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ipod IS an mp3 player...it's just made by Apple, and works exclusively with itunes.
2006-07-10 07:33:00 · answer #9 · answered by firebetty74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ipods are a certain kind of mp3 players.
2006-07-10 07:32:55 · answer #10 · answered by catherine!(: 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋