Ridiculous battery life over 3G

Since I upgraded to 2.2.1 I experienced a significant loss of battery life, but with 3.0 software things got unacceptable.
Say I undock my iPhone fully charged at 9am, just with a few calls and some email/apps, I find my battery completely out of juice by 6pm.
I tried different things, such as disabling wi-fi, push notifications, email fetch, etc. nothing works but to disable 3G. If I disable 3G connectivity and switch to the GSM network the phone manage to reach the end of the day with 20% of battery charge left.
Am I the only one experiencing this problem? It's unbelievable that I have to keep an iPhone 3G in 2G for it to stay turned on till the end of work day. Are there any solutions or patches to address this problem?

To those people who claim their battery life remains the same or better after 3.0, you must only use your phone to make and receive calls only. Cause I find that quiet impossible, when the 3gs forum is full of complaints about terrible baterry life as well.
Apple please get it together!
I took my phone off the charger at 09;00 yesterday. Now (17:15 today, i.e. 32 hours later), it shows a 25% charge. In that time I have made and received several calls, sent and received a dozen texts, had my MobileMe email on Push and my two Imap accounts on 15-minutes fetch, read and replied to several email messages, read and posted to Twitter frequently and accessed a very large number of web pages via Safari. Oh, and played about an hour's worth of WunderRadio and Last.FM.
And I forgot to mention the wi-fi (always on), Bluetooth (in the car) and the few photos and 1 video segment (only a few seconds, but it all ads up. And the weather/flight status apps.
I don't say my battery life is great - I'd like the battery to last at least twice as long - but I do say that you're incorrect. There are more than a million 3GS iPhones in use now (it was up to a million before the end of June, so I don't know how high it is now) - this forum only hears about the complaints.
You have a problem with your phone - that's clear. Do 2 things:
1. Take it back and get it replaced, because it obviously has a fault
2. Stop assuming that anyone who doesn't have the fault is somehow cheating
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