Please answer if only you own a smart phone. Also, what are some things you have done to improve your battery life?

I’m looking to narrow it down to a device compatible with the following line up:
Available to Consumers in the United States
It must:
Be light-weight & portable
Have an extensive amount of battery life- both on stand-by and during calls
Professional Features such as a planner/calendar, calculation features, and an alert/alarm system
Speaker Phone, Memory Card, and any other add ins are preferred.
I’ll take all if any bells and whistles, but *REMEMBER*
This is a business phone. I’m not looking for messaging of any sort.
. . . . . . . . .World Roaming, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, and High-speed Data are all preferred.
If it helps, http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/finder.php allowed me to find a couple, but I’m looking to compare.
I know you’ll have a great turn out, but just do me a favor and let me know what you find.

I’m considering purchasing a new laptop. I would use it primarily for writing and internet applications. I am looking for a computer with a long battery life and wireless internet capabilities. I’m open to an Apple computer, but have never had one and their iBooks seem pricy compared to their desktops. Also, I’d really prefer competent customer service and support and something that I can maybe get some free software or a printer with.

I realise this is down to personal preference – But which phone would you recommend for business calling? By this I mean I need bluetooth but no other gadgets – I need a phone that has really good sound quality (preferably so my customers think I’m in my office rather than in my house) and that has good battery life.

I have used gadget phones and pda phones in the past and although they are useful, they are pretty terrible at phone calls! Does anybody make a good quality phone anymore which just does calling well?

Any advice gratefully received.

PS I am the UK

I am a current BB Storm owner and am really upset with what I’ve experienced with it so far. I’m a small business owner and really can push a phone to it’s limits as far as usage between phone, email, and text. This is my 3rd blackberry, coming from an old 7700, to a pearl, now to the Storm. I honestly think the Storm is lacking refinement, my pearl kept up with me better. Here’s my complaints so far:

-Applications are very larger and use up a lot of the phone’s operating memory, causing it to react very slowly to almost anything you need it to do in crunch time.
-Camera may be larger mega-pixel then previous 8300 series but it definitely takes worse pictures.
-Keyboard is hard to work with, even after 5 months its easy to make typos and the system usually won’t correct it even if you’re close.
-There is no longer a delete key on the keyboard, just backspace, you won’t believe how important that key is until you need it, and after you make a typo, which you will on this phone, it will frustrate you with how difficult it is to correct.
-As far as applications, its doesn’t offer anywhere near as many applications as the iphone, and what it is offered is expensive.
-BATTERY LIFE!!!! By far the biggest complaint is its battery life, I’ve done all the tricks, closing un-used apps, mid-day battery pull (which is a rediclous fix) and texting more instead of calling to save bettery life, yet I can’t seem to get passed 5:30pm everyday (work day starts at 6 am). My old pearl use to last 2-3 days!

Otherwise, the interface is typical Blackberry, which is great in my opinion, this interface has always been efficient in running my business, but the phone itself doesn’t.

So the big question is: Will the I-phone solve all my above concerns?

Thanks!

Okay, so since I’m finding phones with good reviews in some places, not so good in others (basically a mix all across the board) I’m not sure quite what to get or where to find info and look. We need a 5.8 GHz cordless phone, multiple lines is NOT a necessity, with caller ID, and a good battery life (9 hours min) and good range. The one complaint from different people on different phones seems to be the range – for some reason I’ve come across two different reviews for phones that state something along the lines that the phone has only a 15 yard range (and mind you these reviews come from different people and are almost the only bad review to the good ones). Suggestions/thoughts/opinions?