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I came from the Vogue and have definitely noticed worse battery life on both my TP and Diamond (coming from the Vogue, I like the Diamond a little more BTW). My experience is this:

Touch Pro:
Service in my building at work is terrible. When I first got the phone (Sprint), leaving the cellular radio on would lead to the battery dying by 3pm or so (while at the same time getting pretty hot). Next, I flashed a new radio (Telus 1.04) and my battery life improved greatly. I could make it to the end of the day with moderate use. However, today I have tried something new and noticed significant inprovements. All I did was shut off the auto-backlight adjustment and placed the setting at 1 below the halfway point. Here are my stats for the day:

Still in the same building with terrible srevice.
~20 minutes of phone calls
~20 emails (direct push w/ exchange server)
5 texts
20 minutes online via wifi or cellular
coming up on 7 hours since last charge
battery life at 70%

Its not the greatest, but there are ways to get decent battery life from the phone. Also, I am suprised by how much better the battery life is with a single screen brightness setting.