2006-12-21 03:29:56 · 19 answers · asked by Sherbert 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
An IPOD is a type of MP3 player. MP3 player refers to a larger group of music devices - IPOD is a specific one made by Apple.
2006-12-21 03:31:44 · answer #1 · answered by duritzgirl4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's the difference between a Toyota and a car?
The answer is simply 'nothing'. An iPod is a type of MP3 player made by Apple Inc. An MP3 player is essentially an electronic device that allows one to play MPEG layer 3 files which are generally music.
If you are seeking to purchase an MP3 player, you'd probably find the iPod is the most popular MP3 player on the market today. This causes the same confusion that other products have in the past. i.e. not all tissues are Kleenex, not all bandages are Band-aids, and not all Q-tips are well....Q-tips :).
Hope this will clear up any confusion.
2006-12-21 03:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An iPod is an mp3 player.
An mp3 is a type of file. It is a music file. ".mp3" is the file's extension.
Because music files can take up a lot of space, mp3s became popular because they are a compressed form of a music file. Compressed meaning that some of the hard to hear sounds are cut out to make the file much smaller.
Example: "Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life.mp3"...."happy_birthday.mp3"
A file is something stored on a computer that a computer can translate into information.
iPods are mini computers made by the Apple Corporation (or not so mini 80gb storage capacity) that can store files and play music and video files, including mp3s.
mp3 stands for Motion Pictures Expert Group Layer 3. The Motion Pictures Expert Group regulates standards for different types of recordable and visual media.
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2006-12-21 03:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by dumpbullets 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An ipod is Apple's brand of mp3 player. They were first, they advertise a lot, and they are more expensive.
Any other mp3 player can do the same things but is cheaper and doesn't have the prestige that Apple products claim.
Currently ipods are the only ones with video but they rest will catch up with them by next year.
2006-12-21 03:34:02 · answer #4 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An Ipod is an mp3 player. It is just Apple's mp3 player. For example Sony's mp3 player is called the Bean. There are so many different types of mp3 players available. Apple's Ipod was just one of the first with video capabilities as well, that's why it has gotten so much hype.
2006-12-21 03:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by CarolinaGirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IPOD is a brand, and MP-3 is the actual file.
So an IPOD is an mp-3 player, but not all mp-3 players are ipods.
I like the Sansa by Sandisk myself.
2006-12-21 03:32:14 · answer #6 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An ipod is all letters and a mp-3 player has a number in it. LOL Just kidding. One is bigger and plays more things. An ipod plays videos and music, the mp3 only plays music and the ipod has more memory.
2006-12-21 03:32:59 · answer #7 · answered by Lori 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
pay attention nonetheless. an ipod can play mp3's in spite of the shown fact that it is going to trick you and immediately converts the songs to the apples version of an mp3: m4a or something like that. then you relatively choose i tunes to place the song on the ipod. im useful there are approaches around that or converters to maintain it an mp3 or positioned it back to an mp3, yet thoes m4a are a particular format that could in basic terms be performed via a apple product or with i tunes. so if your quite into mp3's get a amazing $a hundred and fifty+ dollar with alot of memory, and a demonstrate screen, mp3 participant so which you may use as a thumb rigidity too. so as that way you may mod it, to observe movies and do al style of tricks with it. in case you dont pass the two way or like the ipod setup. then the ipod migh be the suitable bang on your $ you may save all your songs on it and not ought to hardship. in case you own a pc (residing house windows) pass with a a non ipod setup. ***rattling residing house windows and mac they only cant make element even a splash like minded with one yet another.
2016-10-15 09:16:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ipod is Apple's mp-3 player. Zune and others are made by other companies, but the Apple collection is the "in" one to have.
2006-12-21 03:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by SJR 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an ipod is an MP4 -PLAYER which means it can view songs, pictures, movies and games i guess, the mp3 is different it usually does not have a good screen but lasts longer as the ipods lcd screens are known to break. ipods can range from flash memory such as the shuffle to the 80gb version which is called the hard drive version because of its size. mp3's are mainly flash drives which can only store a limited amount of soungs.
2006-12-21 03:36:24 · answer #10 · answered by brandonroy91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋