So I've finally entered the world of smart phones. I'd owned three cell phones over the past decade: A Motorola i90, a Motorola i580, and a Motorola W385. None of these ever really did anything other than make calls, send text messages, and send pictures. For my birthday this year, I got a Droid X. I'm liking it a lot, and still learning how to use everything that the phone can do. I've got only one complaint - the battery life is terrible.
I understand how much screen brightness settings and running apps (especially ones that use network resources) will affect the battery life, and I've been managing those things as best I'm able.
I visited the Droid forums, and found a thread on which people were discussing battery life. Some were getting two days out of the battery. Others, like me, found that the battery would die after 7 hours of light to moderate use. I'm hoping that this guy is right and that my battery life will improve after a few drain/charge cycles. I've read up on lithium-ion batteries, and it seems that draining them fully is generally a bad thing, as is storing the phone on the charger. But I may drain it completely once or twice, just at first, to see if the battery's lifespan improves after the first week.