>There's conflicting evidence on this issue. Once I set my battery profile by draining it completely then recharging it with the power off, my battery life has been just fine.
This has been my experience with three prior HTC devices: Originally the battery life is horrendous, but after several cycles it gets better and better.
It's still far from great. I mean if I forget to plug it in at night after a day of intermittent use, it will be dead before the end of the next day. I'd rather it ran forever without being plugged in, but I've learned to deal (though it's a major PITA when camping or the like. You really have to baby it).
It's also too bad that people keep always holding their experience with bad battery life as a universal experience. When my phone is in my basement, for instance, battery life is TERRIBLE unless I turn it to airplane mode. Clearly it's straining to talk to the cell towers, causing a significant increase in consumption. The experience is completely different when it's upstairs.
So if you live in a condo with big thick concrete walls in a bad reception part of town, expect your battery life to be worse. You'll note that many people with very poor battery life find "Cell Standby" to be the biggest consumer.