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I'm no a meta-fanboy, believe me. But a real fanboy would have written that comment too.

Meta-fanboy = a fan of "meta"? Meta-fanboy = a fan of fanboys?

Meta-feta fanboy = those who admire the processing of Mediterranean cheese.

The iPad is magical?

Indeed. And seemingly animate as well, since it "is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices." Would've thought that was the folks making and using them, but hey, I'm not the one wearing the turtlenecks.

(And yes, I own an iPad. But probably not the one that is going around defining things. Other than words. With a dictionary app.)

It's an absolutely acceptable use of the verb "define." There's nothing about it that requires an animate subject.

To the same degree that the other statements are accurate.

A lot of people do have that reaction to it, yes.

Yes, for at least one definition of magical: beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life.

People using them with their autistic or otherwise-disabled kids seem to think the iPad is as close to magical as you're likely to find in the real world.

Too meaningless to be false is hardly the same as "pretty accurate".