Roms take 2-3 days of using (Draining and charging) in order to give you be best level. Meaning the Rom itself need to work with the battery over a couple days to configure it to its max. You will find it gets better...
It sound like your having battery draining issues cause you might be in an area with bad connection or data. If its running hot and your not even using it that sounds to me its pinging towers like a mad man and draining your battery. Try flashing new radios and see if any of them run cooler. The Telus one is good from what I hear.
P.S
The TP2 is not any better.
The battery itself is only a weeeee bit bigger and the screen size on the TP2 drains way more then the TP.
Read some reviews on that baby before hand..
P.S.S
try Re-Remind should solver your issues with the reminders and alerts
Cab:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...5&d=1242241415
Find it here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=68461
Re-Remind is a simple Windows Mobile service that will play a sound at a specified interval when an event is waiting your attention. This is particularly useful for devices that lack standard amber/green notification LEDs (like the Diamond / Touch Pro), but can be used with any WM device if you want audible notifications.