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While I personally don't need them, the features mentioned that could be readily done via software do seem to be a fairly strange omission on Amazon's part, they would take very little effort to add and at the same time be some useful bullet points on a new devices list of features.
As far as things like TTS and SD cards, depending on what meta data they track they have a much clearer picture on the former's use on older models along with customer feedback since audio was removed and will know that it is probably only a tiny minority that ever used it more than the once to try it out and thus it was safe to remove it as a feature since almost nobody would miss it.
SD cards are a slightly different matter in that they add to the overall cost, increase return rates (an extra point of failure on the device), increase support calls and testing time with the wide variety of sizes and makes of card and all to make the device more suitable to people who have less interest in purchasing ebooks from amazon, so while it is a feature some might prefer you can understand why they'd opt to make their hardware a bit cheaper by leaving one out.
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