Hi! I am sure it has been discussed, but - coulndt find any answer ver specific to my question: sorry I am very new on this bb world - does the holster 'help' to save battery??? Is stand by the best to way to save? And, why when I put on stand by and then in the holster it always comes out of stand by??
Thank you in advance!!!!

oh you are soooooo lucky you asked that question.
This written a year ago just in case someone came along and asked:
Maximum Battery Life - BlackBerryFAQ.com

Thanls. That helped a bit. Now, about the whole stand by thing and getting out of stand by when I put on holster, any idea on that? Thanks

This is normal behavior. Whenever you take it out of a holster (that has a magnet to put the device in standby) it will come out of standby mode.

Oh, ok. So, it means that it is on Stand by while in the holster...even though gets out of it once out!?
Also, is it better to leave on stand by? ANd how about the Auto Off for night time..?
Thanks a lot!

Yes, you are correct. When you put it in the holster it will go in to Standby automatically, so you don't have to do it before hand.

I do believe it is better to leave it in standby if not using it. You can still receive notifications and everything, and it will better conserve your battery.

I don't actually use the Auto On/Off feature. I really leave the BlackBerry on all the time.

Thank you very much

Newbie here. I'd read the FAQ when I first got my bb, but it's certainly a good thing to review. One thing I didn't see: If you're done using the browser and back out of it, it keeps running in background and will suck the battery down pretty quickly. I've made the habit of using the menu key and selecting Close to exit apps instead of the backspce key.

It makes a lot of sense and I have to say I also got used to close the whole thing..better safe....right?

Good point Willie... an 'active' browser page is a battery killer too. Like I use mine to check radar often, and on an animated radar site, updating every 5 minutes, the battery sucks down.

I know this isnt a way to conserve battery, but if you have the money or this isnt your first blackberry, use other batteries. Ive had a 7105 and 8700 before my 8310 and so I put the batteries in each of the original phones and since I have about 4 wallchargers, I charge the batteries up and then take them out and take them with me throughout my day.