WPCentral reports that Microsoft has confirmed at Tech Ed New Zealand that Mango phones will indeed come with front-facing cameras.

Front-facing cameras have been one of the features that users have requested the most.  Now that it has become a reality, will we see them on all, most or some of the new Mango handsets?  With Microsoft's semi-standardization of hardware across manufacturers, we are willing to bet that most of them will.  It will be an integral part of WP7 competing with the allure of Apple's Facetime application. 

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