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Originally Posted by JSWolf
When Amazon first brought out the Kindle, there were other Readers out there and Amazon had to try to do something to be different or at least not worse. Amazon came out with 3G, the Keyboard, speakers for sound without needing a headphone so you could listen to audiobooks or MP3. It also had an SD card slot.
Now that there isn't such competition in the US other than Kobo, & B&N. Amazon doesn't feel the need to stand out all that much (IMHO).
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You could say that they don't feel the need to stand out, but the other way to look at things might be that they have focused on the main purpose of a kindle, ensuring that they have the most important features to enhance its primary purpose of reading books (especially those from amazon) while still being able to hit particular pricepoints.
Things like 3g and the keyboard enhanced the reading (or buying) experience so got improved in subsequent versions, audio and sd cards did not so they were left for other readers or tablets instead.