I'm currently running a perl script on each battery cycle with different things on and off to try and see what uses the most battery and how I could increase my current 7 hour battery life, which is too little for me.

The point of this thread is to see how many get more than 7 hours out of their device. You don't have to specify what you are running, but if you get more than 7 hours of REAL usage it would be nice if you mentioned wheter you are constantly connected via WiFi/3G, are using IM accounts etc.

My current findings after 3 days are that anything that uses internet drains battery fast. IE all of the IM services, having Irssi / Xchat open in the background, using ANY widget that updates itself often, having email on autoretrieve. Having any of these functions in use lowers my batterylife down to 7 hours. Currently I'm testing each IM account and each setting to confirm this, but currently these are my findings.

I have never run the thing below half full (which lasts me a good 15 hours) so I have no idea how long it would go for to a complete discharge. And apart from when I am in a dodgy 3g area, I am always connected to something. My experience is that camera/video recording burn battery.

i got the same findings.

if you mean by REAL usage internetting, gaming, calling im'ing etc i doubt alot of people would be telling the truth if they did (get more than 7 hours out of it.)

gaming/3g/wifi/camera/gps all big drainers.

hsdpa/mobilinternetonline/wifionline/gps/location/autoemail_in_every_1_hour/skypeonline/calling/chatting/browsing

6hours. I have to recharge it twice a day. This is the painful through about maemo 5.

My WinMO device with the same condition - 1 day.

I get about 7-9 hours with WIFI and 3G always on. Mail sync. every 15 minutes. Moderate web use and thinkering to get to know the device. I have no widgets actice that I know of....

guys sorry to bump in. but anyone how do I retreive an IMEI number on N900 when the phone is off?? Is it on the box?

could you define real life usage?

because i think you mean using it intensively.

but real life usage could also mean a day in the real life of .. the voter.. which in the first case i get 6-8, second case its 15 or more

Real life usage= when you use your N900 with its all capabilities on, not off

I get only 4 hours of hard using web, if it's moderate I get 6-8 hours.
The best case is to just get another battery, this is what i did. Now I don't think about how much i'm using my phone!

Real life usage means what it says. How much battery usage you get from using the device the way you use it. I did NOT want people answering the poll with measured battery life (you can get the battery consumption information from the phone), but with what they experience when using the phone. No one uses it 100% of the time in idle or 100% of the time in use.

Everyone can use the phone with all functions on, that will give you around 4-5 hours of battery life. I'm more interested in regular usage scenarios. IE With the features turned on the way you now have them, what is your battery life?