Android phones, apps and tablets

oh my.
thanks for the replies TS Dammit VB, its as bad as i feared.

what's so great about being tethered to needing a socket? how is this an advance... clearly I don't get it.

i want my blackberry back.

I have a new project for mircrosoft / intel / whoever makes these things..and their batteries.

Try using JuiceDefender, it automates a lot of the things people are suggesting, such as turning off wifi when the screen is off, only syncing every x-minutes