What is the difference between an iPod touch and an iPhone??!!

Posted by: Consciousmess on 04 January 2011

Hi all,

This is a genuine question as I have just bought the Apple Airport Express to feed my CD material on my 1 TB hard drive to my nDAC + 282 + 250.2

For a remote control to access the correct tracks, I will need an iPod touch or an iPhone and I have just looked on the Apple site. This has perplexed me, because I get the impression that one can use the iPod touch to call one's friends and see their picture to (Facetime I think that is called).

So what is the difference between an iPod touch and an iPhone. I'm happy to spend just 180 for a basic iPod touch as all my music is on my HD and I have the Naim electronics to convert and amplify the sound.

I would be most grateful for your advice!!

Jon
Posted on: 04 January 2011 by Lontano
the diff is one is a phone (in the normal mobile way) the other is not. the iphone can also do internet and emails and many other things (such as apps) over the phone network. the ipod can only do these things over wifi.

you can make facetime calls on both over wifi.
Posted on: 04 January 2011 by Consciousmess
I see!!

Thank you very much, Lontano.

Jon
Posted on: 04 January 2011 by TomK
The distinction is going to be even fuzzier in the coming years as more phone traffic goes over the internet. Then we'll see how long Skype, Viber etc stays free.
Posted on: 05 January 2011 by Geoff P
Since the i-pod has no microphone how do make WiFi internet calls using Facetime?

regards
geoff
Posted on: 05 January 2011 by Andrew Randle
Current 4th Generation iPod Touch has a built-in microphone.

Andrew Randle
Posted on: 06 January 2011 by fred simon


Recently bought a new Mac, and got an iPod Touch free as part of an educational promotion. For what it's worth, here are my thoughts ...

Basically, I love it ... besides being an excellent mp3 player, I can use it to upload photos from my camera when the SD card fills up. Then of course all the great mobility features: calendar, address book, and email all synched with my Mac through MobileMe, which also provides an iDisk which is a great way to access various files from my Mac. And then, access to most of the great apps available for iPhone ... tons of very useful stuff.

Here's what I don't like: access to internet is Wi-fi only ... it's not always available (seemingly especially when I need it most urgently), and even when it is available, it's sometimes a hassle to get a password to join the local network.

Bottom-line: it's pretty great, and it was free. But the deal breaker for me is that I hate carrying the iPod Touch and a cell phone ... one device too many for me and my pockets. So an iPhone is definitely in my near future.