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Thief steals man’s iPad, finger

Categories: Apple, iOS / iPhone OS, iPad
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:18 AM

Bill Jordan of Aurora, Colo. was probably a happy little clam with his brand new iPad but little did he know that the magical tablet would lead to some horrific events.

Jordan was leaving a mall with his iPad in tow when some scumbag attacked him in a parking garage trying to take the device. Unfortunately, the iPad was in a bag tied to his hand. The thief continued to pull at the bag and tore off a piece of Jordan’s frigging finger. Part of his left pinky finger had to be amputated. Yikes.

“I saw just a bone, all the skin and tendons and everything were off,” Jordan told a local TV station. “I hope you understand what you’ve done to my life and my family’s life for a simple piece of apparatus that’ll be junk in a couple of years.”

Do yourself a favor Apple and hook this man up with free iPad/iPhones/iWhatevers for the rest of his life.

[Via UPI]

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Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • HPCEO

    See…one more advantage to the HP Slate….if he was holding a HP Slate, he probably would still have his finger…who the heck would want one anyway?

  • Judge Roy Bean

    My just decision in this case:

    When he is caught, recover the iPad + any damages to it + damages to the victim. Then wrap a piano wire around his pinky and yank until 2/3s of it is gone.

    That will allow the victim to have what is rightfully his, and restitution for what was done to him. And the thief will remember the crime every day when he looks at HIS lost pinky.