Look at the Manual!
The battery charges via USB connection to a computer.
The Bloggie has a function for formatting memory cards. The cards you get with the camera should already be formatted, but you may want to re-format, just to be sure — including making sure all files from previous users are deleted.
You can transfer files directly from the Bloggie to the computer via USB.
I used a card reader instead, and found that erasing files from the SD card via the Mac was not enough — I had to reformat the card each time it filled up or the Bloggie would insist that the card was full. To reformat on the Mac: Applications > utilities > disk management