Great article. I especially like the land line suggestion – touche!

I find it amazing that after over a year of you stating very clearly that this is a joke ragging on the G1′s power hungry appetite, people still think this is the real deal.

For those wanting more realistic answers, try these:
-Use 2G not 3G (Yes it is slower, but do you really have to stream live video 24-7?)
(You can re-enable if you really need to mash on the gas)
-Charge mid-day (Car charger @ lunch for example)
-Turn off GPS (Don’t you know where you are?)
-Turn off Wifi unless you are actually browsing @ an Access Point
-Turn off sensors (It is nice on Cyanogen 5.08 to have landscape on home screen without
a keyboard out, but I can deal.)
-Turn off Bluetooth! (Let’s put an end to the cyborgs infesting America! I will NOT be
assimilated)… ok. I have the Jabra bt3030.
-If you don’t want a 2″ thick phone, buy a cradle with built-in battery charger (~$20 ebay), then
leave home with the extra battery – just in case.
-If you listen to music all-day (like myself) – buy a music-device like an ipod. I get battery power
all day on my 160GB classic, and don’t have to fret about my phone dying (as much). (2 years
later and I still get 20+ hours before I have to recharge)
-Remember that this is a phone. We all like all-in-ones, but set priorities
“Phone or Entertainment”?
-Some day we will have paper-thin disposable phones that you can buy at the convenience
store that cost pennies, work all day, control nuclear ‘wessels’ (StarTrek-4), and help you find
true love. But until that perfect product is created, remember that there is no perfect product.
Qualify your needs to the feature and decide which benefits are most important.

thx for listening!
Again great article – I needed that!

It can’t be understated what a dumb m*(&@#)ing article this is.
Number 2…. really? I mean really??
Save battery life, just don’t use it. What kinda friggin moron writes this stuff.

Thanks for wasting my time with this drivel. I’m looking for assistance, not bs.

I must say that I bought the extended battery soon after my initial purchase of the G1. It is awesome. I have so much more fun with a little bit more of thickness to the phone. I am a power freak though and do turn off wifi and bluetooth when not needed. I also only let GPS function when in an app and not running in the background. Just installed the 2.1 Eclair v1.5 and loving it, rooted and overclocked. Sweeeeet.

wow..no apps, no 3g, no gps, no calls. why the hell would you want a g1 if your not even going to use it??

This articles stupid, I hope to god you were kidding

I used a bb for 10+ years, loved the email portion and hated the fact that the browser wasn’t a real browser. I loved the droid for the first 5 days, and have become completely frustrated with battery life. GPS is left inactive, backlight completely minimized, timeout… 30seconds etc… The bottom line is it that it is a a poor design on Motorola. They need to fix this for future phones or they will not sell.

Check my “7 tips” http://md45.posterous.com/7-tips-for-improving-battery-life-on-your-and

This may seem awkward for some of you, but for some its ok, ~ rather than getting a battery belt to reload you gun.. i mean phone.

You can get little USB battery chargers to do it… it could be awkward, noone wants to carry extra accessories.. but its not so bad for travelling by bus train.. etc,
Another thing, some phones can have a normal size “high capacity battery” I vcant find the I shope that sells all this stuff, and replacement batteries can be expensive

How about posting ways to improve battery life of your current battery (as your title implies) not ways to purchase several more batteries, chargers, phones! Even to suggest use a different phone, I pay $70 a month to use this phone…. There are certain people who should not express opinions or thoughts and you are one of them my friend.

Totally – letting it drain all the way – no memory is not true for these batts. I was down to a couple hours or so max batt life because my laptop kept turning off the charging partway up and the portable chargers ran out before it completed. Started letting go down all the way and turning off the wifi, Loc and GPS and get two days use sometimes depending on number of calls.