Well, Lary, if you are one who doesn't like to use your phone in a dock or to otherwise connect external speakers, then I think you will find the IPad a big improvement for non-earphone audio listening. True, the speaker is mono. But audio books and radio are a whole lot more pleasant to listen to on the Pad than they are on the IPod. I don't have an IPhone, so can't comment on that, but I have to believe the Pad will still sound a lot better. And the better audio really improves the experience of reading IBooks with the Samantha voice as well, at least in my view. Mary > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >