Italy's Justice Minister pulls out iPhone during talkshow to check law

The count of heads of state who flaunt their iDevices continues to grow. This week, Italy's Justice Minister, Angelino Alfano, used an iPhone to reference an Italian law.

While speaking on a prime-time television show, Minister Alfano used his iPhone, clad in a patriotic case, to access the app Codici and Leggi (19,99 €) and quote verbatim an Italian law on wiretapping.

We've seen other political leaders using Apple gizmos recently. For instance, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and South Korea's minister of culture, tourism and sports, Yu In-chon, have all been seen with iPads (though Yu In-chon did not activate his, as they had not been cleared for wireless communication by the South Korean government at the time).

Here in the US, First Lady Michelle Obama recently used a borrowed iPhone to send her first tweet (with some difficulty). Over the years, we've seen Pope Benedict XVI and Britian's Queen Elizabeth II receive iPods. Next we'll be hearing that the Icelandic authorities tried to soothe the volcanic eruptions there by sacrificing an iPad.