It was brand new when I bought it in 2009. I will be honest when I say that if I have to disable basic features of the N900 and avoid using it as advertised, then I might as well not even bother to own it. If you want to disable cellular radio or whatever in order to save battery, that's fine, but I won't do that. If that means "real life" battery time is 4 hours for me, then that's what it is. Having a longer battery life at the expense of not actually using it is pointless. That being said, you're using much more "active" stuff than me, so it is disappointing to me. I have Foreca Widget checking once an hour, mail checking once every 15 minutes (IMAP gmail and MfE exchange acct). That's it. No open programs or active connections. No IM, no SIP, no GPS, no Bluetooth. I am connected via Wifi when I'm at home or work, and 2G/3G when I'm out. Coming from using a N95 for a couple years, I'm already used to horrible battery life. This is my third Nokia phone and battery performance has gotten worse with each one as phone capabilities have gotten much better. My 6682 could last almost a full day -- sometimes even more than 24hours (but never 2 days). N95 was much closer to N900 in battery life: Fully charged in the morning, dead before I go to sleep that same night. So, like with my N900, I bought extra chargers and just tried to keep my N95 charged as much as possible. At home, at work, in the car, it's basically a wired device... I hear co-workers complain that their phone "only" lasts 3 or 4 days on one charge, and their old phone lasted a week... it makes me both laugh and cry Earlier this year I went 2+ months with nothing installed on my N900 (because I was sure PR1.2 would be right around the corner... heh) and basically never using it other than web browsing and e-mail, and battery life still sucked. When PR1.2 finally came out I flashed and started over, but things are the same. My gut feeling is that MfE is a big cause of most of my battery drain, as it is one constant from the first day I bought N900, but it's pointless to try to investigate further because I will not stop using MfE anyway. I'm fortunate enough to work a job where I'm at a desk all day, so I can keep my N900 on the charger the whole time. This gives me enough battery to last from the time I leave work until bed time (about 6pm until midnight). But depending on what I'm doing with it, sometimes it doesn't even last that long. Weekends are the dangerous time because I'm away from chargers and have to pray to Nokia that my battery will last until I get back home.