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A new smartphone or portable hard drive is nice, but it doesn't always scream "romance."Further ReadingOur favorite two-player board games, 2019 editionFor the tech-obsessed robots at Ars Technica, though, good gear will always win out against fickle concepts like "human emotions." So instead of posting a more conventional gift guide, I decided to celebrate this Valentine's Day in a more Arsian manner: by asking my colleagues to point their hearts not toward other people but toward the tech in their lives that they appreciate the most.Here are a few things we love.Note: Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.EnlargeJeff DunnI fully acknowledge that, conceptually, the iPad is boring. But in the year since I sent my old iPad mini 2 to the big closet in the sky, Apple's 9.7-inch tablet has easily become the piece of tech I use most often.To peel back the curtain a bit: Ars is a remote operation, so all of us work from home. I use the excellent Bear and Ulysses apps for note taking and drafting up posts, respectively, and typing with this nice Brydge keyboard turns the tablet into a pseudo clamshell.What makes the iPad so valuable comes after work, though. (I'm a particularly sweaty gym rat, and Koss' fitness-friendly products have never proven slippery or uncomfortable during my grossest duress.)Best of all, this 12-year love affair has been buoyed by a tremendous customer-service promise of replacement cups and buds.
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