Gadgets They’ll Love Technology treats for the one you love this Valentine’s Day


Valenne’s Day has been with us for a long me: it was first associated with courtly love in the 14th century and by the 18th century it had become very like the Valenne’s Day we celebrate today ‐ lovers would share flowers, cards and confeconery to demonstrate their affecon for each other. Today we sll do much the same, but lovers have another kind of gi to gladly give: gadgets!


If you’re thinking of buying your partner a wearable device such as a Fitbit fitness tracker, you need to be 100% sure the message you’re sending isn’t going to be interpreted as, “You’re lazy!” or even worse, “You’re too fat!”


The best Valenne’s Day gis are things you can share, such as the excellent Polaroid ZIP mobile printer. At £99 it isn’t cheap, but what it delivers is priceless: old‐school Polaroids from your cung‐edge camera phone. There’s something magical about the prints and it’s a fun way to record your Valenne’s Day


celebraons.


If your partner is the techy type already, there’s a good chance that he or she already has the technology they want, but there are sll all kinds of accessories for their most commonly used items, including gorgeous leather cases for phones and tablets, luxury bands for smartwatches and all kinds of cases and protectors. Be careful if you’re buying leather, cheaper accessories use ‘bonded leather’, more like vinyl. Real leather looks, smells and ages far beer than man‐made bonded leather does.


There are plenty of electronic accessories too. If your loved one is a music fan, the headphones that came with his or her phone probably aren’t up to much ‐ so even a relavely inexpensive pair of headphones can deliver a massive upgrade to the sound quality. Take care if your partner has an iPhone 7, which has a lightning socket rather than a headphone socket. Although there is an adaptor, the best opon is


headphones that connect directly.


Another good opon for music fans is a Bluetooth speaker, which can take music from any source ‐ iPad, laptop or phone ‐ and play it back for hours between recharges. There’s a dizzying range to choose from, including the superb Denon Envaya Mini (£99), which sounds beer than speakers twice the price, and the Sumvision Psyc Monic (£38), which delivers incredible bass response. And if your partner’s something of a water baby, the £9.99 SoundBot HD speaker is designed to work in the shower. It even has hands‐free calling via your phone, which strikes us as a really terrible idea, but with a range of 33 feet it means enjoying music without having to worry about expensive electronic devices geng soaked.


Images L to R: Booqpad iPad case; Apple Watch band from eBay; Denon Envaya Mini portable speaker; SoundBot HD shower speaker


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