Valentines Day Ideas 2012: Tech Gifts for Him and Her

No need to buy the newest must-have gadget for your Valentine's Day in 2012, but you might need some tech gift ideas for her and him, so here are some suggestions. New smartphones can be had for less than $100, but there's plenty of details to get lost in with that choice. Many will be purchased no doubt because the quality gets better and prices go down with each passing month. iPhones, ever popular will be snatched up for those attempting to woo, and for those people, the iPhone 4 at $100 is indeed a great choice. 

If your sweetie is a reader, the Nook Simple Touch is another $100 device worth grabbing. It's easily portable at less than half a pound, and supports Barnes & Nobles 2.5 million downloadable books. But, if you want something a little more romantic, there are some nice tech choices out there too. Start the slideshow to see some tech gift ideas for him and her this Valentine's Day. Tell us in the comments if you think it's going too far on Valentine's Day to buy an HDTV or laptop computer for your partner.  

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Instead of a wooden picture frame or a digital version like one of PanDigital’s line, try the magnetic Polaroid Frame from Photojojo. They’re $15 for a set of six, and they come with a little dry erase marker for writing in that slab of white space below the images.

If your valentine works in an office, this is perfect because they can plug in this blanket at their cubicle and stay warm all winter. It’s a velour blanket powered by a four-foot long USB cable. Plug in one for low power or both for high. It’s 31” x 17” and is $25 from ThinkGeek.com.

If your valentine works in an office, this is perfect because they can plug in this blanket at their cubicle and stay warm all winter. It’s a velour blanket powered by a four-foot long USB cable. Plug in one for low power or both for high. It’s 31” x 17” and is $25 from ThinkGeek.com.

Remember mixtapes? Wish you were old enough to say you nostalgically remember mixtapes? Now it doesn’t matter because you can make your sweetie an awesome mixtape in digital form. It’s a one gigabyte USB drive that can hold 900 minutes of music, and it even includes a little cassette tape shaped holder to complete the tape illusion. They’re about $20 on Amazon.

Costco has these great gadgets for $50 off, but they’re still a bit pricey. Almost $200, but you get two .75-inch tweeters with HD surround sound in the mountable soundbar, and wireless subwoofer with up to 60 foot line of sight wireless connectivity for your HDTV sound system.

$50 for two gigabytes of portable music, and they come in several colors. Get them gift-wrapped at the Apple store or online.

It’s nearly $300, but that is right about what a good point and shoot camera costs in 2012. This one is super because it’s got a 16 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, HDMI and USB ports and even includes 10 megabytes of internal storage. That means you don’t need a microSD card, though there is room for one. But mostly, it’s notable because of the flexible screen that flips up so you can get the best angle for low or high angle shots.