Ok... this has sorta turned into a battery life discussion... I realy don't see the big deal. At home I just lug it in and at work I do the same thing. My battery is fine... even using the ColorPearl set to Cycle and never cutting off, my Pearl does fine. Had a RAzR before and the battery life was bout the same... I LOVE NMY PEARL and they can have it "when they pull it from my cold, dead hand!" LOL
