EVO Wonderful - Battery Life Is Fine

Edit: Did 2.2 Froyo and Appkiller is not very effective anymore. Apps keep starting so battery life is suffering. I suppose I will need to root this thing eventually.

I have now had my EVO for a day and a half. It is fantastic. The OS is quick to super quick and silky smooth. I am surprised the EVO and Android is so much better than the Palm Pre and WebOS. The faster processor is part of it, but even though WebOS is good, Android is awesome. Navigation is a dream and adding/uninstalling apps. could not be easier. Everything it does is wow. The big screen makes EVO ultra usable.

I did the battery saving hints listed on the web and after 12 hours of using it as a phone, email and some playing around, I still have 72% battery. I can definitely live with that. Not to beat on Palm but my Pre had a tough time lasting the day sitting dormant on the coffee table.

The on screen keyboard is very responsive but I still prefer buttons. Oh well, the keyboard works well and I'll get used to it. Using this big boy with one hand while driving is life threatening. Maybe when I get used to it, I will stay out of oncoming traffic. Having the screen at 25% brightness in daylight to save battery didn't help. Hey, I'm still learning.

Finally I have a smart phone worth using.

Stuff to Start: (yes you have to turn stuff off when not using it)
Apps:

Advanced Task Killer (Froyo may not like this for battery life) I think it may be better to manually control things so you know what is happening. ATK make you "think" you are controlling things without really understanding. Anyway things simply started up again under Froyo.
Curvefish:

1. AutoSync OnOff
2. Brightness Level
3. GPS OnOff
4. SilentMode OnOff
5. Wi-Fi OnOff
6. BatteryLife