Hi, not to go to far off topic but, aren't earbuds just a style of headphones? Just like closed, open, over ear, in ear, etc? haha. Just because the earbuds might be cheap, and don't fit your ears, doesn't mean they aren't headphones, no?
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 20, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Victor Gouveia <victor.gouv...@rogers.com> wrote: > Not sure about any other professionals, but in my business, the main > difference between headsets and headphones is that headsets have a microphone > and headphones don't. > > that's what we always used to distinguish between the two. > > I especially hate it when sellers refer to ear buds as headphones because I > think I'm buying a pair of headphones, when in actuality, I'm buying a pair > of ear buds that keep falling out of my ears, or are cheaply made. > > In any case, as I said, when we sell headsets and headphones, it's commonly > known that headsets must have a built-in microphone before they can be > considered a headset. As for calling them ear pieces, I guess it would be up > to the manufacturer, however, I usually tend to associate ear pieces with ear > buds, and so try to never use that term. > > Just my two cents worth. > > Victor Gouveia > Vice-President > Training Coordinator > VIP Tech > Tel: 1-(888)-737-1115 > Fax: 1-(888)-737-1116 > vipt...@rogers.com > victor.gouv...@rogers.com > Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
