Stolen Playbooks

I can't even decide what joke to make about this. However, it is interesting to see the differing takes.

The original article from the Herald Bulletin is very neutral, and the follow up comments are along these lines:

Only gone for an hour? Somebody knew what was on the truck besides the driver?

All wondering about what happened, how someone knew what was in the shipment, if it was an inside job, etc. In short, assuming that a load of Playbooks is valuable, that it would be something someone stole intentionally.

The take elsewhere is very different. This article on Slashgear for example starts by calling the thieves unlucky, suggests that they probably didn't know what they were stealing, and draws comments like this:

This is good news for RIM they can collect the insurance on it and not have to worry selling them.

I suppose, in the end, 1.7 million is 1.7 million. However, I've also seen that the stolen cargo was 5200 tablets. For that to be 1.7 million you'd have to value each tablet at around $325, which seems to be a bit more than RIM can really convince people to pay. So maybe 1.7 million isn't quite 1.7 million.