I found the secret to good battery life!

[flyingmusician]

Greetings,
I purchased my Touch Pro about 1.5 weeks ago. I found that the battery would quickly drain to nothing before the end of the day. The life was nothing like my Treo. However, the functionality is also head and shulders above the Treo.
So, to try to gain more battery life, I tried all the suggestions.
1. Registry hacks that turned on all of the power managements
2. Turned off "Beam"
3. Made sure that no apps would be running in the background.

But still, my battey would be done by 4 or 5 P.M.

However, today, it's different. It's 8:30 p.m. and my phone still has 6 bars. That's 60% left on the battery. How you ask?
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Don't talk.
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Sorry, I've googled Touch Pro battery everyday for that last week, have read every post in every forum I could find looking for the magic bullet, but, nothing. The battery just plain sucks. I talked on the phone for less than 1 hour today and have only done a few text messages. As long as you don't use the phone, the battery lasts just fine.
I usually talk for about 2 to 3 hours a day on the phone normally and it really sucks the juice.

I'm thinking of taking this thing back. Their getting closer, the technology is really cool,but the bsattery life is like a 5 gallon tank in a muscle car.

If anyone has any other great ideas, suggestions etc. I'd love to hear them.

I need a device that I can actually use and that lives up to the advertised talk time.

P.S., this is one of the best forums I've found during this whole search.

Dave