They are for write protection like the sliding part on a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. Using the sticky on a special spot on the card will prevent rewriting over the pictures recorded thereon. This might be a temporary measure to safeguard the data. The cards are designed for repeated use. On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:54:00 -0800 (PST) Deb Inman <[email protected]> writes: > Messing with my first ever digicam. Question: The > Smart Media card that came with my camera had small > round silver stickies in the package. What in the > world are these for? I see a spot on the smart card > where they would fit. > Thanks. > Deb > > >