Thieves steal five Apple iPads from Microsoft, leave everything else alone

posted by Alan F. / Jan 05, 2013, 5:43 PM

Thieves steal five Apple iPads from Microsoft, leave everything else alone

The fourth-gen iPad 4 was one of the items stolen

A newspaper article from the Palo Alto Daily Post tells the story of some rather discriminating thieves who broke into Microsoft's campus in Silicon Valley. The good news for Microsoft is that nothing with the Microsoft name was taken. The bad news is that the thieves made away with five Apple iPads. Now, no one likes to get ripped off, but it also hurts to get your brand name dissed by thieves over that of one of your rivals.

Stolen from the campus were two Apple iPad 2s, two third-generation Apple iPads and one fourth-generation Apple iPads which was mistakenly referred to as the Apple iPad 4. The paper said that the thefts occurred between December 19th-26th and the value of the tablets taken added up to over $3,000. The paper erroneously said that the Apple iPad 4 had not yet been released. Showing that he is not much of a tech buff, Police Sgt. Sean Thompson attributed the inclusion of the Apple iPad 4 on the report as a typo. And this guy is a sworn peace officer in Silicon Valley? Hmm.

source: 9to5Mac

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61 Comments

1. darkkjedii

Posts: 30661; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

That's odd

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 5:53 PM 1

15. jroc74

Posts: 6023; Member since: Dec 30, 2010

Odd indeed. Had to be an inside job.

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 7:42 PM 1

31. darkkjedii

I think so

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 9:38 PM 0

22. MeoCao unregistered

lol, this is very bad sign for MS. MS ecosystem is fast becoming irrelevent with ordinary people.

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 8:48 PM 2

32. darkkjedii

What exactly does that mean, and y do u diss anything that isn't android?

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 9:39 PM 8

38. androidisbaws

Posts: 74; Member since: Dec 17, 2012

Because anything that isn't android deserves dissing, duh. You can't figure that our for yourself?

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 12:18 AM 1

42. darkkjedii

That's a dumb statement dude

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 1:18 AM 5

44. Raymond_htc

Posts: 430; Member since: Apr 06, 2012

frankly, you are mofo retarded.''Anything not android must be dumped''? Wow. Look guys, we got a hard core fandroid here. Lets see how u throw nokia phones. they'll boomerang right back at ya, hit ur head and boom! Concussion.

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 2:08 AM 0

47. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4766; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Stupid, stupid comment mate! Even Meocao, the one you're giving heads up won't support you. Too bad you can't delete your comment, you'll be in the scanners soon, lol.

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 2:45 AM 2

52. darkkjedii

Exactly...that comment was wack

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 7:11 AM 0

39. haseebzahid

Posts: 1853; Member since: Feb 22, 2012

he eats android shits android and live android and see android he is android app not a human

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 12:59 AM 0

43. darkkjedii

Yeah I guess so huh

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 1:19 AM 0

54. TROLL

Posts: 4851; Member since: Apr 13, 2012

Very true said +1 from me

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 9:28 AM 0

36. Wiki_jaan

Posts: 704; Member since: Jun 24, 2012

y some one not stole their Surface.

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 11:04 PM 2

55. TROLL

Cause its unknown and crappy compare to Apple and Android...

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 9:29 AM 2

60. metalpoet unregistered

I bet its Apple employees paid to do this and creat more b.s. hype for apple products over their competitors.

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 7:38 PM 0

2. joey_sfb

Posts: 6794; Member since: Mar 29, 2012

How come no one took their surface or surface pro? Sheeps to thieves. How unbecoming!!

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 5:53 PM 3

3. evolutionqy7

Posts: 38; Member since: May 27, 2011

They were probably Surface's. They guy didnt know the difference. My girlfriend always calls the surface the iPad, even after correcting her so many times!

posted on Jan 05, 2013, 5:58 PM 13

46. flipjzn

Posts: 257; Member since: Jun 22, 2012

Why are u with a dumb chick? Nvm, iPad has become the standard of tablets, all tablets are called iPads that's what ure saying, right? Good.

posted on Jan 06, 2013, 2:35 AM 1

57. evolutionqy7

Just because she's not a geek and not know the difference between tablets doesn't make her dumb... iPad is a standard. Wether you like it or not. Just like anyone that used to see a smartphone a couple years back would ask was that an iPhone. Even though you could see HTC or Nokia logo on the front...