[stevetaz]

Hi:

When you say standby or talk time I assume you mean the battery.

From what I have been reading there are two possible issues that may be causing battery life shorter than previous BBs...3G chews up batteries faster than EVDO or EDGE and the newer OS, v4.6.

However, 3G should not eat battery life unless it is searching for a signal or in actual use. Apparently, when in operation 3G use does use battery life a bit faster.

I also understand there are OS tweaks available from RIM that do stabilize battery life in some cases.

That and the fact that it is a very cool device on a fast network and the users are in patterns of use they aren't normally.

I think in a short time stories about poor battery life will all but fade away or at least be only a minor issue for a few.

SteveTaz