Sony Electronics  

While I am in Tokyo for various meetings this week, I asked one of our blog moderators, Marcy Cohen, to spotlight some of the hot red (and pink) products from Sony that make great Valentine’s gifts. Check out our post below and stay tuned for some observations from Japan when I return.

 Valentine’s Day is approaching this week and if you haven’t yet figured out what to get your favorite girl consider a sparkling new piece of… technology. Yes, I said technology. It may not be something you’ve considered but what woman wouldn’t want the latest flat screen LCD TV or the latest point and shoot digital camera? And wouldn’t you know it—Sony is offering some of out hottest products in red and pink this Valentine’s Day. 

And for the man in your life, well, what guy wouldn’t want a Sony? Below is a list of my favorites. All of these gift ideas could work for a man or woman, depending on the color you choose. 

And to put a more personalized touch on your gift we’re offering free engraving on select products, including everything listed below.

Let’s start with the Sony Reader. In celebration of the holiday, Sony has partnered with Harlequin to offer 14 free romantic eBook titles with purchase.  And we are also offering free for a limited time a kitschy pink “Cross Your Heart” protective cover from Skinlit. The Reader also comes with more subdued covers.

If she’s been dreaming of the latest flat screen BRAVIA LCD TV, why not surprise her with the 26” S Series in Cosmo Pink? And if she’s nice, maybe she’ll even let you watch your favorite episode of COPS on it.

If you can’t be together this Valentine’s Day keep in touch with the Red Collection VAIO CR notebook with built-in webcam. It comes with a matching red mouse, case and Dooney and Bourke heart keychain for just under $1000.

Put together an unforgettable play list of your favorite romantic tunes and download it onto Sony’s latest Walkman Video MP3 player which comes in red, pink, silver and black.

Capture her huge smile when you give a Cyber-shot T2 with Smile Shutter technology. Available in a very hot pink, this head-turning design (and color) features 8.1 megapixels and 4GB of internal memory to store up to 40,000 digital photos. The T2 also comes in black, blue, green and white.

And finally, Sony Ericsson is offering the Z310A mobile phone in pink which can be personalized with special icons and lighting effects that identify a caller.  

So if you’re thinking of jewelry for her yet again this year, reconsider and go with a different kind of bling. And for the guy, you won’t go wrong with any of the above.