Neowin reports that new WP7 Mango hand sets will indeed sport front facing cameras for video chat.
“The news was confirmed in a session at Tech Ed today by a Microsoft staff member, and confirmed in a tweet from Windows Phone NZ. We’ve seen a few Mango devices so far, but only one is available in the wild. Based on this news, its likely that the majority of Windows Phone “7.5″ hardware will sport a front facing camera.“
This is good news for WP7 fans since Android and iOS have been doing this for a while. If you recall, recently MS bought Skype and will be offering it as well as their own program called Lync. Lync is Microsoft’s VoIP program that builds on top of its consumer messaging product, Windows Live Messenger, by adding in several business-oriented tools. More evidence of this can be shown by an icon spotted in the Mango camera app showing the ability to switch cameras.
The soon to be released 7720 RTM version of Mango won’t have these features, but they are expected to be rolled out very soon, coming live to a phone near you!
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Just maybe. But MSFT is late in this game with no front facing camera and no dual core processor for any phone?
I seem to like Android now. I was a royal WM fan.
@chong67, The OS has been out less than a year, give it a few more months and they should be right up there with the latest hardware. Remember they don’t necessarily need dual cores to support power Metro because it doesn’t nearly use the resources Android and especially Sense use.
@chong67, jaja u mean loyal? wp7 doesn’t need dual core processors to run smoothly like android does. i don’t know how many times I’ve told u this, enjoy all the malware in Android.
@eric12341,
They don’t need nice processors because they aren’t exactly supporting much software beside some scrolling “tiles”.
- 2 Bunny
@2 Bunny, what the hell dude? here u go again, when are u going to learn and I am tired of explaining it to u so I’m just going to come to the conclusion that u are one ignorant ____
@eric12341,
Yeah you don’t even need ONE proccessor to not do all the things WinP7 doesn’t do! LOL
Eric you really need to grow up. I mean front facing cameras have been around for AS LONG as the OS you love is!
The only reason why WinP7 doesn’t need two procs is because it doesn’t do enough to warrant them! It is a VERY LIMITED operating system!
@Asphyx,
THANK YOU! Eric just trolls every one of these blog posts…
- 2 Bunny
@Asphyx, android needs them because it doesn’t run smoothly enough stock and there’s always something in the background. with wp7 mango I have full control over what I want in the background.
@2 Bunny, look who’s talking, you’re the one who’s bashing WP based on what u read about.
@Asphyx,
No Eric Android doesn’t need them either it just HAS them because the manufacturers are developing the LATEST technology for Android not WP7!
There are PLENTY of Android phones that do not have Dual Procs and they have front facing cameras too!
They also have GLOBAL RADIOS (meaning CDMA AND GSM support!)
You see when you develop an operating system with a 1990 Mindset you pretty much don’t get supported by Hardware manufacturers who want to incorporate new features and abilities that MS doesn’t support because it is short sighted stubborn and 10 years behind the technology and software curve!
@Asphyx, 10 years behind? ok sure,is this why HTC just unveiled a mango phone yesterday with a screen that’s bigger than any Android phone out thus far?
@eric12341 – I am not gonna get in this convo but no..the dell streak is 5″ and galaxy note is 5.5″..then again I don’t see what screensize has to do with anything..
@Asphyx, lol it’s all good no worries..
@eric12341, now i bet u might wanna retract that gibberish of yours it’s evident that thats excatly where wp7 is heading
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=8758
@rrjskj,
Yes 10 years behind! WVGA screen? I mean really?
Where is the Super AMOLED technology?
You know where WP7 is heading with that link and unit spec you posted?
Precisely where all the other units have been for years!
Your waiting for FFC and I just GOT 10 point Multitouch in a SOFTWARE upgrade!
3G? Wow! at this rate 4G is right around the decade?
Check your latest and greatest WP7 phone specs to these:
http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-droid-bionic-specs-finally-out-rumored-release-date-on-september-8-20838/
Where is your 4G? Where is the HDMI Out?
And this is coming out within the week, when is that HD7 being released?
Dude I’m glad you love the MS OS it’s good for what it is targeting which is people who don’t like Apple but can’t handle Android due to the fact it does TOO much for them to get their heads around.
You want to pump up the WP7 system thats fine but your constant yapping about how it’s going to overtake Android or take back the marketshare MS had in the past is rather annoying and quite childish.
If you wish to go on broadcasting your ignorance to the world thats your right but expect those of us who actually know about the phones the hardware and what is possible to attempt to school you and set the record straight!
@Asphyx – focus has super amoled..there is no super amoled plus one though.
@Asphyx, Mango has support for 4G, its not even available everywhere yet and neither is 3G. in fact the 3G implementation here in the US is behind at best, goto Europe,Asia or even Latin America (I’ve been there) and u experience 3G speeds that are faster than some of the 4G speeds here in the US. so we gotta straighten out this 3G problem here before we even start on 4G. in fact sprint has so many overloaded towers right now. don’t.believe me? goto the sprint forums and look at ALL the complaints about dialup level speeds (myself included in this) the HD7 has been out for almost a year and the HD7S was released on at&t recently. I have a wp7 because I wanted one not because I dont understand Android. my claims that MS is going to overtake android are not childish they ate BASED OFF actual articles that I’VE READ so u proved yourself to be ignorant right there but gTen said no more name calling so I’m not going to go any further with it and neither should you.
@Asphyx, and that was directed at me why ?? i just posted what i found in conclusion to what eric said about wp7 not needing dual core that in fact the newer phone being htc titan having indeed dual core .. it’s not that wp7 is a bad phone cause it’s not i own both the arrive don’t really care to much for my arrive since i only use it for work purposes and i use my evo all the time regardless of whatever it is i am doing
@eric12341 – It’s actually almost impossible for WP7 to surpass Android. The only article I have seen showing WP7 surpassing Android is the Pyramid Research one…but that research is flawed..here is why…
1) All they did was flip the symbian graphs and the WP7 graphs..its 100% impossible for everyone who uses symbian to switch to WP7..simply because most people who follow Nokia are symbian/open source fans..
2) Marketshare never stays the same..even if ALL the people from symbian swapped to WP7 by 2015, it would still not have that marketshare..simply because the market grows in size by the month..so even if you gain people, you can still loose marketshare.
3) Pyramid Research is a nobody..I have been to almost every single market research convention and have never seen them on the attendance list..
Aka the pyramid research prediction is impossible. The IDC and Gartner prediction is more closely to what can happen in an “ideal” scenario..which still pegs WP7 as #2 and Android #1…
Even if Android were to die, WP7 still would not become #1..I wrote about it here as to the reason why:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/2140237-post68.html
to summarize companies are more likely to fork android and drop google then they are to swap to a closed source platform in which they have minimum control.
@rrjskj,
No Sorry rrj, Missed on the reply!
@Asphyx, damn it i put this in the wrong area 1st time around lol but it’s all good ..
@eric12341,
So what? It’s not a bad thing (in a way it is, but…), it just isn’t a good operating system for people who like to get things done. It’s fantastic for young kids (<10 years) and people who aren't ready to graduate to a real smartphone yet, or don't need one.
- 2 Bunny
@2 Bunny, speak for yourself,you obviously know nothing.
@eric12341,
I am speaking for myself and what I know.
As for that little commenting thread that happened, I think you lost.
- 2 Bunny
@2 Bunny, I’d be very interested to know what u actually do know which seems like almost nothing due to what you’ve been saying on all these wp7 articles. I don’t care if I won or not a fandroid will never realize certain things just like racists.
Here he goes again?? What kinda of attention did you think your “enjoy all the malware in Android” comment would attract? I think you mean here, YOU go again!!
@lnando84, this is a wp7 article I should be able to say whatever I want about Android and its only the truth, u have to admit that his comment was a little bit out of place.
@eric12341, yeah only to a certain degree when ur calling some1 ignorant besides u act as if microsoft is paying u for the blow job ur contantly bashing android and lets see here ms really ain’t no better hench shut the fuck up it’s only a phone for god sake
@rrjskj, meant hence ..
@eric12341,
Yeah keep talking like a child!
Grow up already please!
@Asphyx,
Look who’s talking. My comments apparently aren’t the only ones you seem to have to troll.
- 2 Bunny
@Asphyx, so bashing wp7 repeatedly in every article possible without trying it isn’t childish.
guys, do I have to step in? If you wish to have a discussion/debate that’s ok, but please refrain from disrespecting fellow members..calling someone names isn’t going to make them realize you are right, it will only lead to them calling you name back…
I’d post some pictures of kittens but unfortunately the comment system don’t allow pictures
let me remind you people windows makes more money off android then it does there own phone need i say more lame like always
i have another comment what did this come from of yea tolarver linux kernel lol so eric why you a fag
@jdillard343434, homophobic insults,yea that makes u seem mature. that can actually get u banned.
just because you all cheaped out on a lame windows phones its only a android if its android lol
WP7 phones need to have the latest hardware, even if the operating system can operate with a single core.. i mean i watch mkv files on android… think i can do that with a single core running at 700mhz? come on
@oppman, um..actually it is possible to run 720p content on a single core running at 700mhz..the important part is having hardware decode and a good video processing chip…on the Epic I run at around 400mhz-600mhz when watching movies with hardware decode. With software decode it runs at 800mhz -1ghz though..
lol funny thing is eric is too afraid to admit this but the fact that 1 of those phones he is talkin about from yesterday has a dual core processor that he claimed wp7 didn’t need lmmfao
@rrjskj, those upcoming phones are still single core, not dual core.
@eric12341, really check phonescoop again i’m pretty sure they mentioned it having dual core
@rrjskj, I did, WPCentral and all the other sites I goto says single core.
@eric12341, oh and fyi the evo3d has a dual core as well it’s not 2 it’s 1
@eric12341, umm ok let’s agree to disagree and say we each have our on sites that we check for info personally i don’t give fuck just that something gotta be better then the fucking arrive i actually hate the piece of shit and if it wasn’t good as a work phone i’d dump it in the middle of lake michigan with a big fuck u note to microsoft
@rrjskj, whoa now it’s not that bad
@eric12341, please don’t make me laugh dude it’s fucking garbage i had it replaced twice since july due to hardware issues it kept power cycling when not even in use had to take it to the store twice to swap it with my evo i haven’t had to take it in 1 time or complain about it . thats why i said i’d do what i would do to the device so if that makes me a bad guy tough freaking titty
@rrjskj, well I’ve had mine since march and its been solid
@eric12341, and i got my first one in april and what maybe solid for you hasn’t been solid for me and i have had 2 replacement since july
lol @ kittens