Mine still has the drop out issue as well. It seems better (happens less often), but still occuring.

Also, I cannot get the text to OBC working with the new firmware. worked before, but will not work now. How did you get it into text mode... use the option in the firmware, or play the "text to obc" config mp3 from the music list? neither seem to work for me, but just not sure which one I should be trying.

cjett