One thing that's really getting to concern me about the new ATT Blackberry Curve 8310 that I purchased two months ago is the battery life. My previous T-mobile BlackBerry 8800 could last approx three full working days of heavy email and occasional phone and GPS use. Soon after switching to the new 8310 device I found the battery was getting down in the 20% remaining by 5:00pm. While this is no big deal when I am in the office, it is a huge concern when travelling. Leaving a meeting at 5:00pm and heading for dinner on 20% battery is concerning since I am likely going to be using the GPS to navigate to and from the restaurant and will really be concerned if I cannot make a call once the battery is dead and I am lost!
With some help from colleague Thorson, I've determined that the poor battery life is directly linked to GPS usage. He suggested that I try abstaining from any GPS use for a whole day... whew, what a challenge for me. I found by not using the GPS, I had approx 90% remaining at 10:00pm after a busy work day and evening. Likewise, if I used the GPS even for a short site visit in the morning commute, the battery life would immediately suffer. It almost seems that the GPS doesn't stop after exiting a variety of GPS dependent applications (ex: Google Mobile, Telenav, BBMaps).
Here's my next purchase to remedy this problem: Seidio 2600mAh Blackberry Curve Extended Battery
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