The reason HTC didn't put an SD card is because it would have made the device 2mm thicker. Not a big change but they were trying to keep the device as thin as possible which is what a lot of people really wanted.
As they didn't add a capacitive touch screen because it would have limited the Asian Market as they require hand recongition which didn't couldn't do with a non stylus finger touch capacitive screen. So to the comment about there not being any Transcriber, I'm betting it's there, just needs to be enabled through registry.
I agree, it would have been nice to have an SD Card, I'd rather have had 8 gigs over 4 but for what it is, it's a great device. There will be other HTC devices with SD slots for those who can't live without it. Of course these will be thicker and people will be complaining why they can't be as slim as the Touch Diamond
