at first, I too thought the battery was awful. After a few charge cycles I am quite surprised how much better the battery life seems to have gotten. I read somewhere that lithium batteries need to go through a few charge cycles before reaching full capacity. I spent 2 hours on the phone today, played some games for a good hour, been texting all day, and have browsed intermittently over wifi and 3g all day. I have 40% battery left.