HTC- what happened to the web cam?

I was googling the T-Mobile Ameo recently and realized something on the Ameo was dropped on the Advantage.  If you recall the T-Mobile Ameo was the early version of the HTC Advantage that shipped earlier this year in Europe and I had in my mind that the major difference (besides color) between the Ameo and the Advantage was the operating system.  The Ameo ships with Windows Mobile 5 and the recently released US Advantage ships with WM6.  It turns out I discovered that’s not the main difference between the two models, there’s a big hardware difference too.  Compare these two photos (click to enlarge):

Tmobileameoofficial

Advantage_us_version

Notice in the upper right corner of the device you’ll see the Ameo has a web cam and the US version of the Advantage is lacking one.  Further checking on the HTC European web site shows the EU version of the Advantage also has the web cam.  I think a web cam would extend the usefulness of the Advantage a great deal and now I’m wondering why HTC decided to remove it from the US version.

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