Hmm.. not sure what went wrong there, as I recently moved my Almond+ to which I have all my sensors connected to at home and I moved it a floor down and didn't have any problems like that. This could be a GE specific issue, I have bulbs now that I'll be testing when I'm back in Taiwan.
The beta firmware should be released this week, it'll be the one we're demoing at CES. It's not perfect, but it'll give everyone a start with testing the automation.
Not that many new devices added, but Z-Wave in-wall dimmers will be there as well as support for devices from NYCE and CentraLite, although they're not new device types, just more options really.