BL> If the p[hone is under warranty there is just one problem with
 BL> custom-designed interfaces: If something goes wrong and the phone
 BL> is nuced, the warranty is null and void.
Not really.  First, the phone problem would have to be definately traced
back to the interface.  
Secondly, most Cellphone providers are more than happy to front a new
phone for a customer, warranty or not, if they think it will keep a 
customer.  #1 industry concern right now is slowing churn, and this is
one of the ways to do it.
Called US Cellular the other day with a phone that had been used to
subdue a prisoner in a local LEO vehicle.  Display cracked, phone
a mess, and was told to give them a new phone.
No charge, just keeping the customer happy.
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