To add, I've heard that task killers are almost completely unneeded as of 2.2. The only use for them is to kill rogue apps (ones that are badly coded, or malicious ones). Android itself will manage its own memory usage better than a task killer can.
that's as of 2.0
the only task killer i'd ever recommend is watchdog, it only alerts you when an app is using excessive resources, and lets you manually kill any app if it's acting up
Edit: the problem with regular task killers is that they continually kill apps as they pop up, trying to give your phone the best performance possible
this was indeed a problem prior to 2.0, and these apps were useful, however now the android operating system uses smarter management of the tasks (processes) and it kills processes on it's own only when it needs more resources for something else
and because it's no longer needed, they just use resources killing extra apps when it's not needed, and many processes will just restart after being killed, only to be killed again, which is even more battery consuming
peire said:
im just trying everything just to save battery life so it doesnt die quick when im away from my charger
thanks for the advice though
juicedefender is a good app
QUOTE(CannonFoddr @ Jun 13 2011, 04:31 PM)
I also remember one thread I read that also claim having a 'clear' home screen (as in don't have a lot of Widgets showing) can also help
Don't know if any of these help you much