My Blackberry needs to be charged everyday

I bought a Sprint Blackberry back in June of 2008. In November 2008 my phone needed to be charged everyday because the battery was draining fast. Regardless if I made 10 calls in one day or 1 call a day I have to recharge it everyday. I am not a heavy phone user at all so there is no way it could be the battery. But I bought another battery anyway just to see. The new battery had the same problem. And just to check I took my old battery (the battery that came with the phone in June of 2008) and put it into another person's Blackberry and they did not have to recharge it for a week). So my phone is defective and Research in Motion is obviously doing everything possible to prevent me from contacting them. Anyway just wanted to ask if anyone here has had a problem like this and what might be a possible fix.
I tried bringing my phone back to Best Buy where I bought it and to Sprint, my provider, but since it is over 30 days I only have the 1 year warranty left that I can fall back on.
Any help is appreciated.

You can try upgrading your device software, here is the link with the procedure
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