iPhone vs iPod Touch
After seeing the main characteristics of Touch iPod and its graphical interface, we look with a series of photographs differences between the latest evolution of Apple’s media player and its closest relative, and predecessor, iPhone.
The package iPhone is the same as the iPod Touch, apart from the greater height, which is essential to make room for those who lack iPod accessories Touch, or the power wall and the mini-dock.
Here we can see a parallel between the iPhone in its mini-dock and the iPod in its most modest support. The display is the same: same size, same features, same functionality (and, of course, same interface)
The mini-dock came with the iPhone not only serves to synchronize the phone by holding it in position easier close to your computer, but also a sound to which you can connect external loudspeakers.
The size of the two devices are virtually the same: the iPhone x61 measure 115 mm, while the iPod Touch is shorter than 5 mm but is slightly larger (about 1 mm more). If you exclude the presence of the hole for the speaker, what distinguishes a glance the two objects is the outer edge: black for iPod and metal for the iPhone.
By comparing the two objects on the back, the differences are more obvious: apart from the inscription that identifies them, the iPod has the fund chrome characteristic of many iPod, while the rear is dell’iPhone satin metal also is iPhone clearly the objective of the camera.
The differences are more in thickness, which is 8 mm for the iPod Touch against 11.6 dell’iPhone: inevitable to create space to as many components. Nevertheless, the consequences are really minimum weight: the iPod Touch weighs 120 grams, and the iPhone it weighs only 15 more. On the left side dell’iPhone are also controls for the volume and the muting.
Looking at the outside edge, we discover other differences on the position of buttons or socket for headphones: the latter, for example, is located on the top iPhone (as shown in photo), and is arranged to your at the bottom, next to the dock connector.
On the bottom of iPhone are autoparlanti would probabilmene happy that many iPod owners. The sound produced by these boxes is very good, and the volume level is more than satisfactory.
When the differences increase, and set dock is completely different: that the iPod is dedicated to the functions iPod (music, video, photos, and iTunes Store), while iPhone serves to invoke telephony functions, e-mail, web browsing and iPod. The number of applications available changes, and next photos are going to examine precisely those applications sull’iPhone missing iPod (at least for now …)
The iPhone has from 2Mpixel camera, and can use the entire display as “targeted” for the shooting. The quality of shots is good, as can be good the click of a device ultra and without flash. Personally, I think that when you take pictures is always better to trust a real camera (as a matter of perspective, rather than Mpixel), but it is also true that we always telephone in your pocket, and in some instances can be comfortable to take pictures “on the fly”.
Exploiting a network or WiFi connection EDGE, you can call application Maps Google, which provides the well-known satellite views, directions, tourist information and trade: no more and no less than what we can see on the well-known site.
Another application is present only iPhone Stock, a widget can show trends of titles taken from the stock of financial site Yahoo.
All these widgets iPhone are identical to those of Mac OS X, which should testify that what runs on iPhone and iPod Touch is actually a version of Leopard reduced to lowest terms. It remains to understand why these applications were not included even to your touch.
Subject to applications linked to an Internet connection, another utility that could also convenient onto is the one that lets you write short notes. If it does not arrive with a firmware upgrade, you should wait until February to have software capable of performing this function.
Another of the main items on the dock is the application to read emails. When you first start being asked to define its own account in a series of defaults, or a completely different set inserting hand all parameters.
The main screen Mail is in many ways identical to that of the same name in Mac OS X, with the same icons and the same symbolism. The number of new mail not yet read also appears in the dock of the main menu, as happens in the operating system of every Mac.
The reading of the mail is easy and has the same functions as zoom features of the new devices multitouch Apple. Although it is closely related to internet connectivity, this is an application that could find room on Touch, the same way they are Youtube and Safari.
Of course, the iPhone is a phone that is the main screen for making phone calls, with buttons for the numbers of appropriate size (not press the wrong button) and the ability to recall contacts, the latest calls, or numbers favorites.
The settings screen presents obviously different voices more than iPod Touch, both for the preferences of applications (for example, define / modify accounts Mail), both feature tied to the phone. Among the various items is the “airplane mode”, which is essential to use the iPhone as iPod when in flight, without creating disturbances to the instruments on board.
The last comparison is made on the screen that allows you to modify the menu selection. Between the two devices are small differences that show the different vocation of two devices: Touch onto you can retrieve the video directly from the main menu, while sull’iPhone you must first of all recall the features of the iPod, and from there select the appropriate submenu item.
Headphones iPhone are identical to those the iPod, but it is also a microphone for calls, microphone which is also a button to access features simple mode iPod (for example to go to next track) or to respond to calls.
The screen is resistant glass, but to run less risk (and preserve scratches from the bottom metal) as both the iPhone iPod Touch are comfortably housed in the classic that Apple sells now for several years.
iPhone has spoken in all sauces, either before or after the launch output in the United States and is the same presentation. The intent of these photographs was not to review a product whose characteristics are well known to everyone, but to highlight similarities and differences compared iPod Touch.
Not with standing the obvious differences related to hardware, it becomes difficult to understand why Apple has decided to introduce so many differences in the software. The iPod has the same software and the same iPhone potential, but lacks all those applications that have helped to achieve success iPhone. Probably the intent is to differentiate the two objects, reserving some to their cellular functions closely related to the ability to connect to the Internet at any time and limiting the iPod Touch to perform the same tasks of other iPod (or slightly more).
Apparently, the iPhone coast as an iPod Touch and can do many more things, but the reality is slightly different. A parity memory, the iPod Touch costs 100 euros less, and who is not content of 8 GB iPhone must contact iPod Touch (if not classic iPod). In addition, excluding the various hacks, buy an iPhone implies sign up phone that could lead to even more spending.
Ultimately both products have their own slice of market overlaps only partially, leaving room for both. Hard to say what will be the hour evolution from here one year, but if the spread of WiFi networks should grow significantly (someone has already spoken of interest to Apple FON), the iPod Touch could open up a world of opportunities without the extra costs related to the, especially because you are not a maniac, mobile.