[KellyLynchIV]

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/07/...try-to-mod-it/

Motorola put a special fuse in the Droid X, which can be tripped by any tampering with the boot loader, the loaded software, or the phone hardware. Upon tripping, this mechanism permanently damages the phone, preventing it from ever booting again, by literally frying the hardware.

Wow... even Apple hadn't gone that far before.

For an inevitable car analogy, imagine if your car was rigged with thermite charges in the engine bay, which would melt through the engine if anyone other than a dealer opened the hood, or if you replaced any of the components with something non-OEM.

Brilliant.