I hate to admit it, but when you press the bagel button it does make
perfect toasted english muffins. They come out exactly as I like
them. Spackled browns but no black. I think all it does is add about
45 seconds or so to the toasting cycle though... Another oddity about
it: I tried to push up the lever to make it stop toasting the other
day and it wouldn't go up. Didn't want to break it so didn't force it
too hard, but it would not go up like toasters I have known before.
You have to press the Cancel button.

Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.