Thanks for the response, I have used the "double" charge trick and it brought the charge to full (ok, 99%) the second time around. I spoke with Ken @ support & he indicated this seems consistent with his experience on his unit. My initial concern is that when the green LED is lit, the logic tells the phone to stop the trickle charge so even if the AC is connected, the phone won't resume trickle charge until the battery falls below a certain %, and that may very well be the case.
The A11 is performing very well in terms of RF in So Cal, in certain spots where I would even have trouble with a Nokia 3650, this A11 works without hesitation. I have yet to get the IMAP working off the Voq personal mail, I suspect it has to do with the lack of port assignment (strange thing is the default inbox allows for it). The only other thing I haven't worked out is jMMS, I have all the correct settings off T-Mo (confirmed on other handsets as well as PPC PE), yet I failed to send. but that is really a non-issue at this time.
I use x-bar 2 for switching, and it seems to work well except key #2 (kill all apps) don't seem to work.
The real test is to put this in the hands of some other users because I have yet to crash this puppy, but then again, I am fairly good in keeping running apps to a minimum
I think the biggest hurdle for me is to convince users that these devices are DIFFERENT, and they cannot expect exceptional battery life, getting 1 day of use is considered very good IMHO. BTW, I am getting at least 3 days of good use on a ingle charge off the Treo 600.
Will keep you posted on the battery issue. Thanks.