Does the iPhone use the same charger as the iPod?

Answer 1

No. There are slight differences in both the charging and USB syncing cords between the iPhone and the iPods. DO NOT use an old iPod cord with your iPhone or vice versa - it can produce sync anomalies as well as fry the battery, as the cords carry different electrical loads.

Answer 2

There is a special set of Earbud heaphones that come with the iPhone. Where the wire branches off into two wires for the individual earbuds themselves, there is a plastic peice containing the branch. There is also a sliding plastic part that controls how wide the earbuds go. With the iPhone earbuds, the part that slides is actually a pause button and microphone. If you press this button while listening to music, it will pause the music. If you press this button while the music is paused, it will likewise make the music play again. If a call comes in while listening to music, the music is automatically paused and the person talking to you is heard htrough the earbuds./ When you talk the microphone on the sliding part picks up your voice and the person you are talking to can hear you. Then when the call is over you can resume hte music through these earbuds. In reality, you do not need headphones to hear your music. The iPhone plays it through a speaker if there are no headphones in. The headphones provide you with a private way to listen to your music without bothering others.

iPhones have a proprietary Apple jack and plug incorporating 2 (i.e. stereo) speaker wires, 1 (mono) mic wire and a single (common) ground wire. That's 4 conductors which requires 3 insulator stripes (verify this by comparing Apple's unique 3-stripe plug from your iPhone headset with normal 2 stripe stereo plugs on regular headphones or earbuds. Old (mono) plugs have just 1 stripe----pretty rare for speakers--but they are still typically seen on most cheap, purpose dedicated mono microphones.

Problems MAY arise trying to use proprietary Apple stereo+mic headsets (what Apple bundled with your iPhone) in random 2-stripe plugs. Reports are that some work (eg. Kindle Fire) and some don't (eg. Kindle touch). But is it safe? That's unknown at this time. As a rule, treat the iPhone headset as something special and dedicated to your iPhone, and avoid using it in other devices (like iPods, Kindles, Sony Walkman devices, etc.. The last thing you'd want is to send a speaker signal to a microphone (a risk you might be taking if you try to mix-and-match which could harm the microphone, ruining your iPhone's dedicated headset). Our guess is that iPods are PROBABLY a safe place to plug in your iPhone headset because Apple loves its paying customers. But why risk it for mediocre sound?

On the other hand, iPhones will happily and consistently output stereo sound to 2-stripe plugs without any issues. Thus, anyone's (i.e. MUCH BETTER) headset will work just as well in your iPhone as they already do in your iPod, Kindle, Walkman, etc.. So regular iPod buds will allow you to listen to your iPhone, (but they won't allow you to talk through them). There are some AMAZING stereo headsets to be had for a fair price such as Panasonic's RP-HTX7 cans (i.e. over the ears) and MEElectronics A151 earbuds. By the way, both and three others are featured on CNET's Top 5: Headphones under $50 which you can find with a search.

None of this touches bluetooth. There are bluetooth stereo+mic sets available from about $40--some are really amazing--though bluetooth comes with its own issues. If you love to listen to music and take calls through headsets, these are also worth a look. I have the Motorola MOTOROKR S305 headset. It plays music and makes calls adequately. Sometimes the bluetooth dies during long walks. They're not really appropriate for driving "handsfree" as over-the-ears units aaren't considered highways safe (but loud stereos are???) They are great as far as they go--for listening to music and taking calls without a wire and without holding a phone.

Answer 3

Yes it will, it's he Sam type of headphone jack. With the Button microphone on the right side of the iPhone headphones, this can be used with the iPod touch generations 2 and 3 to record voice memos and what-not.

Answer 4

not with the first iphone but you can use regular headphones with the 3g and 3gs and iPhone 4

Answer 5

All current iDevices to-date have the same earphone jack.