Brendan,

All of my cards were fine out of the package (2gb sandisk ultra cards). Not imediately sure of the exact firmware rev. but it was from Febuary or March 2007 time frame. I never bothered udating to the latest one as the cards already have been corrupted. While I have made several USB transfers most of the data was added to the cards via directly installing the card in my laptop to transfer music and larger videos, via bluetooth for pics and pdfs and directly downloading pics and vids from the internet via wifi and bluetooth connection to my phone. As I stated in a previous post the unit is now resting comfortably in my junk drawer and doesn't come out to play anymore. It's too unreliable for my needs and really has turned out to be a disapointment.