Use simple terms please, I'm clueless with this stuff.

To be honest, the name and look. Technically they have been poor value for money compared to competing models since day 1.

i think its because of popular services like itunes that work only with ipods.

Mostly the name. Would you rather say "I have a sony mp3 player" or "I have an iPod"?

Does it have anything to do with size? Size as in room for songs. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I bought my Dad an Ipod for christmas. But I have a MP3 player. I am sure I have to load songs for him or it will never get done. Is it a different process?

Not really. You just start up iTunes, select songs from a cd or from the computers library and drag them to the iPod's icon.

Mp3 cd player: CD's are teh suck.
Otherwise, I don't really care, music is music.

True. But if you were a hardcore music critic you would find that the compression of that of mass storage devices like ipods, distort the music and it is then of lesser quality.

CD's suck? I still use a walkman for cassettes!

..and to think that diskmans were old...