SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A national poll by AT&T shows Gen X and Y using the Net to spark romance this Valentine's Day.
Tech-savvy is the new suave this Valentine's Day, AT&T Inc. says, and not just on Internet dating sites. According to a new poll released Tuesday by the company young adults -- feeling every bit as romantic as any generation before -- are saying "Be mine" with instant messages, music downloads and romantic online reservations this year, leaving traditional over-the-counter chocolates and flowers to the Casanovas of eras past.
The survey, reaching more than 1,000 18- to 35-year-olds, revealed that online music, streaming video, instant messaging and other Net-based activities powered by high-speed Internet can help fuel the modern-day language of love -- and could even lend a happy end to the story of Shakespeare's most famous star-crossed couple.
Tuning to the Net, 47 percent of survey respondents said they would download the song "Hot Hot Hot!!!" and 36 percent would choose "Let Love Rule" to symbolize how passionate they are. Twenty-eight percent said they would write a love song and send a link for downloading to express love to their sweethearts this Valentine's Day. Nearly 60 percent said that an instant message was the best way Romeo and Juliet might avoid tragedy today.
Also according to the survey sample, romantic broadband-enabled activities that may pave the way for romantic surprises this Valentine's Day include:
-- making online reservations for a night out (53 percent)
-- sending interactive e-cards with original love poems (19 percent)
-- creating custom music playlists to secretly upload to a crush's digital music player (15 percent)
