HTC just slacked and put in a crappy camera. No other way to describe it. If that weren't true then we would at least have a flash. Not that having a flash automatically means the camera is good. But if they didn't even bother to put a flash on the device, then you know they went bottom of the barrel on anything related to the camera.
I'm getting sick of HTC's antics, personally. Take a look at this comparison:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomp...=1966&id3=2011
Where does HTC get off thinking they have a better product? They must really think the general public is a bunch of idiots or something.