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iPod Touch vs iPhone Differences

Thursday September 6, 2007 12:08 am PDT by Arnold Kim
iPhoneAtlas compiled a list of differences between the new iPod Touch and the current iPhone.

Amongst the differences:

- No Email, Maps, Stocks, Weather, or Camera in the iPod Touch
- Double tapping the iPod Touch's Home button twice when it is sleeping brings up touch controls to control your music
- iPod Touch has separate Contacts app and separate Video app. On the iPhone, Contacts is built into the Phone function and Video built into the iPod function.
- No Microphone or Speaker on the iPod Touch
- Headphone jack on bottom of iPod Touch and is not recessed (unlike the iPhone)

Apple has posted a guided tour video detailing the functions of the iPod Touch.

Apple is expected to release an iPhone update to add Wi-Fi iTunes song purchases to the iPhone. The "double tap" Home button functionality detailed above could also easily be added in software to a future iPhone update.
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chr1s60
Posted: 58 months ago
It seems odd to me that the iPhone software update is coming later this month when the iPod Touch with WiFi store is already shipping. This makes me think that there will be something else included with the update. Maybe another app or some other changes in order to add some more appeal to the phone vs. the touch.

I would like it if they made the bottom dock of the iPhone look like the dock on the iPod Touch. The touch dock is like Leopard, but the iPhone dock is it's own thing.
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ariza910
Posted: 58 months ago
iPod touch also has a leapord style dock with water table reflection

Edit- ha beat me to it, i would like to see the leapord style dock on the iphone as well
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siurpeeman
Posted: 58 months ago

iPod touch also has a leapord style dock with water table reflection


this is something i'd like to see in the iphone.

also, is it me or is there no notes.app in the ipod touch?
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illitrate23
Posted: 58 months ago
i can't see a Notes app on the screenshots of the Touch screens, so i'm guessing it's not on there yet

It seems odd to me that the iPhone software update is coming later this month when the iPod Touch with WiFi store is already shipping.

i thought the Touch wasn't shipping until the end of the month? at least that's the date they had on the Apple Store
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Loge
Posted: 58 months ago
I'd really like to see a Notes app, particularly as the old iPods have it, seems a bit of an omission. Even better if they added rich text, and no 4K or so limit.
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tmornini
Posted: 58 months ago


- iPod Touch has separate Contacts app and separate Video app. On the iPhone, Contacts is built into the Phone function and Video built into the iPod function.


Here's hoping this change is made to the iPhone as well.

It absolutely sucks that you cannot access it directly from the main screen, and you cannot edit your contact list while on the phone.

I love the iPhone, but it does need refinement. I have hopes that Apple will fix this, but will be less than 100% satisfied until they do.
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sammich
Posted: 58 months ago
I was hoping the iPod Touch to be far a more PDA like. I would've liked to see it have a microphone (for voice notes) and bluetooth so I can put photos taken from my phone onto it. The touch is now, simply a iPod with a touchscreen, not enough feature-value over the classic.

I'm still torn between the having the 16 gig Touch or the 160gig classic. Oh well, I guess I have until the 28th September to decide :D
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netdog
Posted: 58 months ago
Will there be any way to run Skype or a similarly free telephony program? Clearly, a headset (mic and buds) should work as the 5.5 can accept a mic, but I wonder if we can make free calls when connected via WiFi. That's a deal-maker or breaker for me.
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slidingjon
Posted: 58 months ago

Will there be any way to run Skype or a similarly free telephony program? Clearly, a headset (mic and buds) should work as the 5.5 can accept a mic, but I wonder if we can make free calls when connected via WiFi. That's a deal-maker or breaker for me.


I don't have the link, but another post I read mentions that the new iPods only have audio out in the 3.5 jack, so there wouldn't be a mic capability, unless I am off my rocker - good chance of that though.
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Posted: 58 months ago

I don't have the link, but another post I read mentions that the new iPods only have audio out in the 3.5 jack, so there wouldn't be a mic capability, unless I am off my rocker - good chance of that though.


Specs state "audio through 3.5mm jack" but surely they don't mean ONLY through the jack and not the dock connector ?? :confused:
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