Differences

With the occasion of the new Apple September '10 Keynote; which, as usually, was about music products of Apple Inc. I wanted to fill the points to the list of the differences between the iPhone and the new (sept. '10) iPod Touch. And, as seen on the first time both gadgets (2007), I wanted to make an update*.


DIFFERENCES IN 2008
- There is no email client on the iPod Touch
- There is no Maps application on the iPod Touch
- There are no Stocks or Weather widgets on the iPod Touch
- There is no built-in camera for the iPod Touch
- There are no Blutooth capabilities for the iPod Touch
- The iPod Touch has a differently styled "Dock," with a reflective surface -- akin to the Dock that will debut with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
- While the iPod Touch is sleeping, the user can tap the home button twice to bring up touch controls on the screen -- a feature the iPhone currently lacks
- The iPod Touch has a separate Contacts app -- it's built into the Phone application on the iPhone
- The iPod Touch has separate Video and Music apps, whereas the iPhone has a single "iPod" app that contains these functions
- There is apparently (and obviously) no microphone on the iPod Touch, though it will be interesting to see if such audio-in capabilities could be enabled via a third-party device.
- The iPod touch's headphone jack is on the bottom of the device
- The iPod touch lacks a built-in external speaker
- The iPod touch's screen appears to be of a slightly higher quality than the iPhone, with 163 pixels per inch to the iPhone's 160 pixels per inch.

















DIFFERENCES IN 2010
- There is no phone availability on the iPod Touch.

















So there it goes, by now the only difference between iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch is the carrier contract.


(*First differences made by Ben Wilson on his article on cnet.com)