Please help me out while I am searching for answers

Hello- Total techo idiot here.

I went from a bb curve to a pro.

I like it. But I have alot I have to learn.
I have a personal cake buisness with an email address, contacts and use the calender
I have a non profit shooting range with 20 board members with its own email address and contacts and use the calender
both emails are yahoo.
I am VERY active on facebook- with my own personal profile (and I play a few games, so I have people who are on there JUST cause of the games.), my cake business profile, and the THREE non profit profiles that i run, PLUS the kids 4H club profile.

I wasnt REALLY aware of what 'syncing' was... and now I have added almost 500 people in my address book. UGGGGg
the non profit email that is yahoo, my husband and I share it. Well when his BB was set up to it, it sync'd all HIS phone contacts INTO it. and now my droid pro has sync'd all HIS contacts FROM yahoo INTO my phone. I dont want his contacts in MY phone. Heck, I dont even want HALF my contacts.


When I send out an email to my non profit board. I prefer to send it to a 'group'- how do I set up ONE group. for some reason I have 4 groups set up under this same name. I guess it took one from both Emails, (personal and non profit) AND one from my BB curve. but I cant find where I just can type in 'board' and it will put those addies in an outgoing email.

How long SHOULD this battery last? I am looking at 1.5 hours at the MOSt. Verizon seems to think its an issue with the phone, and sent me a new phone. NOT a new battery or a new charger, a new PHONE. so I have to use my OLD battery, and will loose??? I dont know what all- although some things ARE in my sim card.



Things that I NEEd to know now are:

 

Okay, Thanks

I went ahead and got the replacement phone that verizon sent, and am trying to set it up. So far its nekid. so no unwanted contacts as of yet. But i reckon that also means I have to start over at level 1 with angry birds... LOL

So the extended battery should help? I just cant imagine anything having less life than a BB curve battery. mine died it if looked at it sideways.

I will try to keep on trying to fiqure out how to just pick out a group of folks to send emails to. Like our newsletters and such. because otherwise i end up forgetting someone when I have to scroll through 800 contacts. half of whom I dont know except that they Do want to be on the email newsletter lists. of course, some of those are the same folks who are my 4H parents, AND some of those are ALSO on anywhere from 1 to all 3 of the Non profits I am on the committees for.


Heck, I know I have y'all confused, i stay confused trying to fiqure out what I am doing half the time

 

THANK Y'all!!!


I will try the gmail forwarding or 'push'- I actually need it to check for mail every minute or two. not every 15 minutes, so this might be that solution

I will check the CDMA- and I dont have it on wifi because the only wifi I have, I pay for THROUGH verizon and DONT need my phone using it! LOL

I get texts and emails when something happens on facebook, (I rely on face book for 2 of my 'jobs') so I really dont need the phone to do it automatically I dont reckon.

I am looking at getting the extended battery- I agree- that seems like something I need to do.

I was able to get from 3am - 11am with moderate talking, texting and emails before having to charge this morning with the new phone (and thats with Sync still on) so maybe the phone was wonky. thats about what I would get with the curve.


I will also look into the brighness setting- and never did understand the 3rd party task killers, so I havent Dl'd any of them. and live wallpaper seemed like a real battery hog- I never even was tempted to check it out . LOL


I hope I can lick it with this syncing thing. because I do tihnk I like the phone. But, bottom line is- I am on a shooting range for hours at a time- or at the barn working with animals- I dont have time to worry about charging my phone.

 

The Battery life has improved SOOO drastically- I am amazed- I guess that phone was wonky.

I am still having the email issues- cause I cant pay yahoo 20.00 a year for 3 accounts to send them to gmail. LOL I am having to manually check email constantly, but I guess its better than nothing.

I am getting a little better- But other than words with friends, and the bigger screen- I am not sure its better than my curve. None of the apps really do that much for me.
LOL

Now I just have to learn to quit buttdialing people, and find a decent case for it. I didnt realize the pro was so unpopular. LOL