i've searched the thread and as far as i can tell no one has mentioned charging while the phone is off. Normally i would say this is better but in the case of the diamond and the pro i can say that it does NOT charge it all the way. i have a spare diamond laying around so i use it to charge an extra battery, if i pull the battery out, and put it in the pro, then i turn it on and plug it in, it continues to charge for almost an hour! not sure if this will help anyone but if helped me for sure. i talk alot on the phone so i still have to have 2 battery's but i usually don't need the new one until after 4'o'Clock and i talk on average 1.5 to 3 hours per day(3500 to 5000 minutes per month), i have push email enabled, i usually hit up xda or ppcgeeks once a day, i download and listen to 3 or 4 mp3 VM's from gotvoice, plus lite use of google maps when i drive around town! i have the latest dream rom installed but i don't really notice a difference from the stock rom in battery life, just speed