here's the deal. you can run all the bells and whistles and just deal with the battery life (which is what i do) or you can change some settings a get a bit more out of your battery. if you use facebook, go into the settings in it and change the refresh time (i have it set to only refresh every hour). weather widget....i set to update every 3 hours or i jst hit update when i use it. i only have my email check to pull every 15 minutes, etc, etc. there are a lot of settings that you can change that will help a little. only turn gps on when you are going to use it for something (i don't do this but it would help). make sure your wifi is off except when you actually want to use wifi. you can get an app killer (advanced task killer is what i use). however, you need to learn how to use these types of apps as they can "kill all apps" and you'll wonder why your alarm clock didn't go off. you can set up an "ignore list." i did this and put things like my calendar, alarm clock, and a few other apps that i need running on my ignore list. every so often i just touch the app killer widget and it kills everything that i want it to. it helps a bit also. other than all of these tips, find an extended battery. i don't have one as i use the htc inc and got it for it's small size and did not want to make it any bigger. also, after a couple weeks, i was not playing with it nearly as much as when i first got it. i now get a full day on one charge (except once in a while when my kids are playing games on it). but i get about 20 hours of "up time" and 3+ hours of "awake" time....which means i can actually use it for 3-4 hours before it dies and it can be on standby for the rest of the day.
