Walt, your reply has covered most points. Cris, as Walt pointed out, price is a real consideration. You may have several 4 gig cards. However, there are many people on this list who need to budget for any additional card. If the type of card was changed, the current cards would become obsolete. I attended a meeting where NLS stated that they were planning to use compact flash for there digital system. I doubt that these cards are going to become unavailable. I would like to see an option for buying a different synthesizer. Eloquence, for example, would cost $50 extra. If it were an option, the synthesizer wouldn't increase the price for people who are happy with DoubleTalk. As for music, I didn't buy the unit for music and that still isn't a real consideration for me. The BookPort was introduced as a reading device. All of the additions have made it possible to read many different formats and play MP3 or digital talking books. I would like to see it accommodate WMA since that is the format used by the unabridged library. Make it a great one Sharon