I understand that, but couldn't internal emails go through an internal server? The article didn't mention if it was just external or if it was internal and external.

If it's 500 recipients total, wouldn't a mail list actually just sent to those 500 emails with one click?

Couldn't these be sent via an internal mail server? Would they go against the 500 mail limit?

newegg has oem for $100

While not specifically saying so he did imply that "yourself" be lumped into a qualified person.

Fair enough. If the problems are not related, I'll buy that argument

So the screw up falls on the garage to fix their mistake. But if YOU change the oil and somehow put a wrench through the oil pan while taking out the plug, and you're not a licensed mechanic, it would not fall under the warranty for the manufacture to replace. A licensed mechanic would fall under a qualified technician.

Because it effects the bottom line.

That piece of tape does have the force of the companies of warranty and their terms for honoring it. Just because you know how to replace bad caps on a board, doesn't mean you're qualified. Go ahead and do that, and fry it and then go back to the manufacture and say "Well I know how to do it so I did it and well oops." There's also reasons why companies have certified technician partners. Yes, you may have a legal right to do whatever, it is your property, but that doesn't mean the company has the legal right to fix your mistake.

The OS itself. You know, the component of the equation that makes the thing do what it's supposed to.

Not when it comes to phones. The software is what will be changed. You won't see someone put a chip in an Atrix to make it run on Verizon, just like you won't see anyone put a chip in the Bionic when it's released to run on AT&T networks.



Opening an electronic device case to put in a 3rd party component is no different than opening up an OS to put in 3rd party components. If you designed an OS for any device and locked it up, and someone bought the device, unlocked it and bricked it, which is like putting a 3rd party component in a device and breaking it, would you actually honor the warranty? Now be realistic in your answer. Would you actually swallow the price of taking the device back, paying a guy to reload the original OS on it, or even possibly having to replace it outright, because the guy did something to break it that wasn't by natural wear and tear or design flaw?

Look at your microwave, DVD player, or any electronic. Find that piece of tape that says "warranty void if broken" So, opening the operating system of the phone is like opening the case of an electronic device. Hell even if you open a big name computer like HP or Dell to do your own upgrade, it voids the warranty. If you chose to do something that could've and possibly did break the phone, why should the manufacture be responsible for blatant user error? Warranties cover wear and tear and DOA devices. But if you do something to break it other than normal wear and tear, why should the manufacture fix it?