[ale] droid bricks if mod'ed

[Greg Clifton]

Jim,

I quite agree that the "If you pry we fry" approach IS just plain evil. I
vote (with no evidence for backup) for the concept that the milestone
referred to is the "pre-release" version of the Droid. I can see some
justification for a manufacturer wanting a "kill switch" on a pre-production
product to keep the competition among others from figuring out all the
capabilities of the phone before it hits the market. The recent i-phone
incident in the bar comes to mind. Something like that I could live with,
but killing a rather expensive toy that I bought and paid for specifically
BECAUSE it is supposed to be open and free when I try to enhance it, would
not sit well.

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Robert Reese <ale at sixit.com> wrote:
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>> Hello Jim,
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>> Thursday, July 15, 2010, 12:18:21 PM, you wrote:
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>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1317205/Droid-X-Self-Destructs-If-You-Try-To-Mod
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>> Soooo, what the phone companies are saying is, "If you pry, we will fry."
>>  Nice.
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> so if the phone is bricked does that mean my contract is over?
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>> R~
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