2006-09-27 08:47:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
The company that makes them and the data formats they support.
Technically, an Ipod is an MP3 player, but what is usually referred to as an "MP3 player" is not made by Apple and supports a different set of file formats.
Ipods support MP3, M4A/AAC, Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audiobook, and Apple Lossless audio file formats. The 5th generation iPod can also play MPEG-4 (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC), .mp4, .m4v and QuickTime video file formats
A typical non-Apple MP3 player (licensed through DRM from Microsoft) supports WMA (Microsoft proprietary) and MP3 file formats.
2006-09-27 08:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Will 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An iPod is just a music playing device that can play .mp3 files. Some people just think that theres is a difference between an ipod and an mp3 player because most mp3 players dont have names that people use every day because the iPod is by far the most popular. In other words, an iPod is an mp3 player
2006-09-27 08:52:28 · answer #2 · answered by Steven G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An iPod is a portable device for storing and playing audio files encoded by MP3 or AAC compression algorithms. Designed by Apple Computer, iPods have distinctive styling and can hold anywhere from a few hundred to ten thousand songs.
An MP3 is a digital audio file compressed with a standard defined by the Motion Pictures Experts Group (MPEG). MPEG was formed to develop techniques for dealing with digital video; since most video also contains audio, MP3 was developed as an audio extension of that work. Officially known as "MPEG-1, Layer 3", MP3 is a lossy compression algorithm that uses psychoacoustic modeling to reduce the size of audio files by up to 90%.
2006-09-27 09:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An mp3 is a file format that can be played on an mp3 player. An IPod is an mp3 player (just a brand name).
2006-09-27 10:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Johnny Burpo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ipod is an mp3 player
2006-09-27 08:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by Her 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think your question meant mp3 player. Right?
Yes they are the same, iPod is made by the Apple Corperation. While mp3 player is what it is.
Compare this to medication. Take Prozac for example. Everyone knows its for depression. But if you get prescribed to it, and get it filled at the pharmacy, read the bottle and it will more likey say Fluoxitine HCl, which is what it really is. Companys make up a name to call their unique product so the general public can better memorize it. Band-Aids are bandages and Klenex is tissue paper. All the same but we memorize the catchier name.
2006-09-27 09:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by akitashencp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An iPod is a hand-held device that plays your music which are stored on it as .MP3 files
An .MP3 file is the actual audio file that contains the music, i.e Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.mp3
2006-09-27 09:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by diamond_iceman2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ipod is an mp3 player just a branded one
2006-09-27 09:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by laydeeheartless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are comparing apples and oranges. An Apple iPod holds all your songs and plays them, which are in MP3 format. Hope this helps.
2006-09-27 08:52:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The difference is the same as a vacuum cleaner and a hoover, None, Apple came up with mp3 and the name has stuck just like the name hoover. when i get the Dyson out i still call it hoovering not Dysoning or vacuuming!
2006-09-27 22:47:41 · answer #10 · answered by john g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋