Motorola Does Openness Wrong; Bricks Your Droid X If You Tamper.

Mike Masnick writes: "Part of the key selling point of the whole concept of Android-based smartphones was that they were open to tinkering. Apparently, Motorola thinks somewhat differently about that. paperbag was the first of a whole bunch of you to point to variations on the story that Motorola has put a thing called 'eFuse' on the Droid X which will effectively brick your phone if you try to mess with the software."