Take the 2-minute tour ×  Possible Duplicate: What can I do to
increase battery life on my Android device?  My Desire is
absolutely great, but with my usage the battery life is really a
big problem.  I have a few apps running and polling in the
background, obviously the Google stuff (Gmail, Talk, Maps
probably poll because of Latitude). Then I have Twitter running
(checks every 5 minutes), Google Listen (checks every hour).
Google Market also checks for updates sometimes apparently,
don't think I can switch that off.  My usage is pretty heavy, on
my bicycle I listen to Spotify or a podcast for 20 minutes, then
in the morning train (45 minutes) I will usually read Twitter
and Google reader (the web app). Then I get to work and my
battery is down to about 75%-70%. I usually charge it but if I
don't then I will be out of battery by about 6PM. So thats 9
hours of battery life. The commute back is pretty much the same,
battery will be dead before I get home.  I don't want to give up
on instant notifications, so th