Hi, friends. This is my first post in these forums. I got my HTC Inspire five days ago. My biggest complaint about this phone is how quickly the battery drains. 75% of the drain for me appears to be the display. I have changed the display to a "skin" which is non-active and have also done what I call the "Andrea charge" and have run it down and charged overnight with the phone OFF.
I tried Juice Defender AND have had Advanced Task Killer running as well. I haven't even signed up for Pandora (as much as I LOVED it with my Blackberry) because the display on the Inspire drains the battery so fast that I know I cannot use Pandora with this phone.
The phone in general is FAR better in most ways than my former Blackberry 8900.
BUT where the BB 8900 really out-shone this phone is with the battery life. I couldn't drain that battery no matter what I did, INCLUDING running Pandora with Wifi for hours. LOVED that about the phone.
Additionally, the speakers were FAR better on the BB than they are on the Inspire. The Inspire sounds okay with headphones, but I ONLY use my phone in speakerphone mode unless the call is highly personal or I'm out in public and I really enjoyed the fabulous speaker quality of the 8900 ESPECIALLY when in the car.
Back to the battery, I read the ENTIRE battery thread before signing up for this forum and I have tried everything suggested. I really do not like having to disable so many functions because -- ummm -- I bought the phone for its cool functions, after all.
That said, I am REALLY hoping I start getting better battery performance soon - otherwise I'll have to return the phone. Any phone is useless if the battery is likely to drain after a few hours of light use. Ridiculous.