ipod v mp3

jenniferone

can anybody please tell me the difference between an ipod and an mp3 player as I am totally in the dark and wish to buy either for my grandson who is 15 for christmas. thanking you

crankup

An Ipod is an MP3 player. The Apple Ipod has the branding though!
Creative also do a nice range of MP3 players called Zen, similar spec, actually better in some respects - but without the cool branding.

Main differences between the players are the storage capacities and their physical size. The new Ipod is the size of a wallet, my old Creative Jukebox 3(now obsolete) is bigger than a portable CD Player.

If it fits in his pocket and has at least 20GB storage, he'll be happy! If its an Ipod he'll be cool in school too

jenniferone

thanks so much for your help. One more thing I forgot to ask is do you have to have a firewire connection on your computer and will windows millenuim do.

mhuk

USB will do if the MP3 player uses a usb connection. Firewire is quicker bit not all MP3 players use firewire. A firewire card is pretty cheap these days.