A few of my friend had complained that the Samsung Galaxy S they bought had short battery lifespan. While I am not defending Samsung about their hardware but there are some facts about smartphone that you need to be aware of...
1) Your phone access the Internet most of the time. Having 3g network never helps in saving battery life. Whenever possible, use wifi or drop to edge for your idle time and only switch to 3g when you need the speed for streaming or surfing. If you find switching from EDGE to 3G is cumbersome, go download a widget to facilitate it.
2) Samsung Galaxy S have the most of vibrant and bright screen to date compared with other devices out there. Such features does comes with a price though; battery life. If you do not need the maximum brightness to show off or need to bump up the brightness due to poor visibility on a sunny day, switch to auto or the minimum brightness instead.
3) In line with point 1 and 2, you also need to understand how you use your phone. Do you chat over the net all the time? Do you surf all the time? Do you play games all the time? Do you watch movie all the time? If you do all of the above then you need to learn how to conserve power. If you watch movie with a bluetooth headset while your map software polling your gps behind, it's fully understand that your battery will die faster. So learn about the software before you run or install them. Disable each hardware functionality when not in use, trust me; it helps...
To learn what hardware component consume your power the most, go to SETTINGS -> ABOUT PHONE -> BATTERY USAGE to see the stats. A free software called Juice Defender would help but may lag your phone as it switches off your data during screen off and on again when you gets off from sleep. Good luck !
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