Battery life seems to be great! It's not that, it's just disconcerting to have the lcd off and locked and then it's on! But, it may be that I slightly open the eDGe and the screen comes back on, I don't know. It can be hard to keep it completely shut without a latch. I took it to a few stores to look for a case, and the lcd seemed to keep coming on, and stayed on during the car ride. I've done the update, too.

Sarah, I generally don't have a problem with charging, but last night I had it plugged in and it showed that it was discharging. I could not get it to recognize the adapter until I rebooted. I think you have the short adapter, a different issue. Just letting you know that you might have occasional hiccups with the longer adapter, too ;-).