The battery life isn't that bad if you're willing to turn Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, etc. off when you're not using them, along with lengthening the time between checks for email and 'social networking' stuff. 2-3 days usage per charge should be achievable for moderate use, which isn't too bad for a smartphone.

I get 18 hours out of mine which is more than enough for me.

I use a program called locale which turns stuff on and off depending on where i am on the map.

Very handy.

I also get my emails checked every 5 mins during peak hours (Set for 6am to 8pm)

I can't remember and can't be faffed looking back to see if Advanced Task Killer has been mentioned as an app for Android phones. If it hasn't, get it and use it; if it has, get it and use it. Don't know how much battery life it saves, but it frees up a lot of memory by allowing you to turn off tasks which may still be running in the background.

A lot of reports say it is not needed for the Desire. Tried one for a short time, but did not find it made much difference.

It does clean up after itself pretty well, so a task manager isn't really needed. It's a 'nice to have' though, for monitoring purposes as much as anything.

I see. I've "only" got a Hero, so it's really useful for me to have.

My contracts due up on my iphone (18 month) and im looking for a new deal and phone (prefer a blackberry) i currently pay £35 a month with O2 and get something like 600 mins and 600 texts and free internet. I want to cut my monthly bill down to £20 and get all the above what i was getting with the £35 deal.

Anyone got something similar with anyone else?

Due for an upgrade and looking at my first foray into a smartphone. I can get the N97 mini for free, any good?

And stupid question alert: Does 500MB mobile internet and webmail mean I get a certain amount of internet before I get charged any more than my monthly payment? If so, just how much is that then?

Just about to order the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 from o2

Quote: Conroy "Just about to order the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 from o2'" Nice looking phone and got 4 out of 5 in this review - www.techradar.com/reviews/phones ... ?artc_pg=1 However the 1st couple of pages of the review put me off the phone.

Quote: Conroy "Just about to order the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 from o2'" Nice looking phone and got 4 out of 5 in this review - www.techradar.com/reviews/phones ... ?artc_pg=1 However the 1st couple of pages of the review put me off the phone.

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Sounds like it is a few software patches from being a very good phone. Be interested to know how it goes? Do you mind reporting back once you've had some experience? Cheers.

Surprised it only has Andried 1.6 installed as well.

The Xperia X10 does look pretty cool. I've not had a phone for a couple of years now after moving to a company phone. The Mrs wants to get an iphone, for no other reason than that they are 'the best phones'. But looking at the adverts for the Xperia, it seems a lot better than the iphone software, which is terribly dated an in need of updating.

that the new SE one? like the look of that

unsure what to go for next and if i really need to get something like that

I've decided that i'm going to go for the HTC desire on Virgin mobile £20 P/M 300 minutes 3000 texts, unlimited internet and free calls to other Virgin phones + £149 for the phone. I'm hoping to get a better deal out of them though as i want to take out another contract phone for the missus (she wants a Blackberry) aswell as internet, TV and landline.