Is there a company out there that shoots itself in the foot as regularly as.HTC? Consider that in the past two weeks I’ve had two friends who are Verizon subscribers ask me to help them pick out a phone. Because I think the HTC One is a great device, I asked them if they were willing to wait until September when Verizon will likely finally start carrying HTC’s would-be savior smartphone. Both said that they wanted to upgrade their phones right now and thus went with the Galaxy S4 and the iPhone 5, respectively. I’m telling you this story because I think it perfectly illustrates why HTC’s decision to cooperate with Verizon and give it an exclusive with the DROID

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