The iToaster and its critics

Mely Kiyak writes in the left-liberal daily Berliner Zeitung an ironic letter to Apple boss Steve Jobs on the launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer: "Dear Steve Jobs, I've had a look at your video press conference and seen how you present this device with its touch-me function dressed in your old duds. ... My exclusively male journalist colleagues are beside themselves with ecstasy ... even though this new device can't do a single thing previous devices couldn't do. ... Some nutcases believe the beauty and elegance of certain electronic devices rub off on their users. Put that thought from your minds, gentlemen! ... Watching men with huge sausage fingers pawing away at their tiny devices and continually missing the right keys is not something to whet your appetite. ... Now even publishers are wild with enthusiasm, hoping this will be the saving grace for their sector. Media companies believe this thing will revolutionise how we read newspapers and make subscribers of everyday Joes. iSay! As far as I know, a toaster is only as good as the bread you put in it!"

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