2006-11-29 00:45:58 · 16 answers · asked by fatal babe 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
MP3 is a format of a music file
Ipod is something that you use to play them
2006-11-29 00:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mark T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ipods are generally more expensive but the often can play videos, Mp3s and Mp4s. Mp3 players are often cheaper and can play Mp3 and some other media formats.
Really the diffrence is that the Ipod is a labeled name for a Mp3 player made by apple.
2006-11-29 08:49:16 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
q: I'm about to buy my first music player, and I was keen on the Apple iPod, as it seems to be the biggest name on the market. But then I heard that MP3 players are better because they are solid-state. My main aim is to be able to store as many of my favorite songs as I can from my CDs (rather than from downloads). My wife is a jogger, and I expect she will want to use it while running. I don't want to spend more than $700. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
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A: John Morris
Editor We understand your confusion, and there are a few things you need to know before you buy. Apple iPods are MP3 players; they can play MP3s as well as files in the AAC format used on the iTunes Music Store. A more accurate distinction between the iPod and other players is that the latter can handle both the MP3 and Microsoft Windows Media Audio (WMA) formats.
Hard drive-based players (typically 4GB or larger) can store more, but they have moving parts; flash-based players (1GB or less) store less but have no moving parts.
There are both HD- and flash-based players for MP3/WMA and AAC.
Regardless, an HD-based iPod can stand up to all but the most strenuous physical activity. So, it's just a question of which devices, formats, and online stores you prefer. And by the way, you won't need to spend anywhere near $700.
2006-11-29 08:50:44 · answer #3 · answered by boeckjamesandrew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This keeps getting asked. An MP3, as the man says, is the file the MP3 player (an iPod, or any other brand) plays.
Only SOME iPods are video capable. Most aren't. The ones that are cost a mint.
2006-11-29 08:48:06 · answer #4 · answered by martino 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An ipod IS an Mp3 player. just a very popular brand of it, iPOd is just the name of the Mp3 player by the company Apple...it's the same thing with the helio, you don't call it a phone, you call it a helio, although it is a phone...you don't call an ipod an Mp3 player, you call it an ipod...although it is an mp3 player...
2006-11-29 08:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by i ♥þîÑk☆ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MP3 is the extension of the music file archive ... It indicates a form of compression, while Ipod is one of the devices capable of playing that file or archive. Regards Gabriel.
2006-11-29 08:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
MP3's and ITunes are in different formats. That's why you can't have a regular MP3 on an IPOD
2006-11-29 08:47:51 · answer #7 · answered by Holly W 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
an mp3 is what you play in your mp3 player (ipod) but i recommend you dont get and ipod they are rippoffs you just hear baout them now cuz its a trend just like skechers shoes were in the 90's haha get a creative or a zune you will be way happier.
2006-11-29 14:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by ktquestion 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mp3 is the type of music format and an ipod is what you play these mp3's on
2006-11-29 08:49:36 · answer #9 · answered by Kate G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An Ipod IS an mp3 player, but most of the IPods have other capabilities that other mp3 players don't, such as internet, t.v. etc...
2006-11-29 08:48:52 · answer #10 · answered by Jeri C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋