When thieves broke into Microsoft's offices in Mountain View, Calif., last month, more than a few of the company's products -- perhaps even new Surface tablets -- were presumably lying around.
But instead, they swiped five Apple iPads -- and nothing else, according to police.
Thieves broke into Microsoft's offices at 1075 La Avenida Road sometime between Dec. 19 and Dec. 26, Mountain View Police Sgt. Sean Thompson confirmed to the Huffington Post on Tuesday. It remained unclear how they entered the building, he said.
A Microsoft employee told police that the staff owned iPads because they were testing Microsoft software applications for Apple products, Thompson said. He said police have no suspects and are still looking over surveillance video.
"Theft of iPads aren't unusual, but the place where it took place is, to me, unusual," Thompson said. "It's an Apple product at a Microsoft office."
News of the theft, which was first reported in the Palo Alto Daily Post, is the latest sign that Apple's iPad remains the most sought-after in the tablet market, which since October has included the Microsoft Surface.
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