I also put it to sleep as soon as I'm ready to set it down. Give these things a try and I'll bet you'll get at least a full day off of a charge.
True. But it's a smart phone - I want it to KNOW when I pick it up to take it out of sleep (with the option to disable locking if I'm at home or the office - pick it up and BOOM right to my default home screen).
Yeah, yeah, I know all about the issue of hitting random keys if it's in your pocket, but there should be a setting to do this if it's sitting on a table. I'd guess eventually someone will write that app, or maybe I'm in a small minority that would like such functionality.