aww, thanks buddy. i have to tread somewhat carefully with the device, since android support at the firm is still at the low end of the learning curve and i can't afford to be out of commission because i got all experimental.
i'm starting to re-think my overly-conservative position (as most people should, really...). i'm still loving the phone but it's ability to do everything, and do it quickly and constantly, has a drawback: it can drain the battery quickly. depending on how much i do with the phone and where i'm located i can kill a full battery before i return home/to the hotel at night. i've done some optimizing so it's gotten better, but i'm still not getting the battery life i want.
i've come up with three options to address this, thoughts appreciated:
1) get a second battery and an external charger, and charge one battery in the carger while using the other.
2) get a replacement battery with larger capacity, like
this one. it would make the handheld fatter and heavier.
3) root the phone and take out at&t's *%@#*&!!!! bloatware that they won't let you uninstall gracefully. the phone company has put a ton of cr-apps on the phone that are constantly running in the background and sucking up juice. one particularly bad offender can consume up to 10% of a charge, who knows how much more i'm losing to all the other services and processes. unfortunately i can't keep root: if my company's secure e-mail platform detects open root access, it auto-destructs. so i'd need to get root, uninstall the bloatware (and do whatever other tweaks), then relinquish root.
*sigh*.
