Express N Card for the MacBook Pro

Well it figures, I bought a MacBook Pro Core Duo - always got to be the first. It is my understanding that the new Airport Express has the firmware update to unlock "N" on the MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo.
With that in mind, does any one know if a Express card is out for wireless with N capability?
I suspect there is not, but doesn't hurt asking!
Sky........

I purchased it directly from Akumen's site store. I don't do any editing. I use it strictly to provide FW800 ports for external hard drives I use for backups (and the card does support booting from the external FW800 drive.) I've had the card about two or three weeks now. I ordered it shortly after it was released.
The only thing to be aware of is that there is no bus power supplied through the ExpressCard slot. If you use a device that takes power from the Firewire bus, then you will need to have an external power source for the device. The NitroAV card does have a power port to which an external power source can be connected.
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