I recently read an excellent blog written by one of PPCG TP2 users, Kabuk1, which has some great info on exactly what you are looking for... Link below...
http://rolandsdottir.blogspot.com/20...life-tips.html
Also, I recommend Lumos to cut down on the power consumed by the GIANT screen we have... Lumos is a free app hosted over at XDA...
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450318
Hope this helps...