Slashgear cites an AT&T claim that only 1.44% of calls on it’s network are dropped. I know that I am an atypical customer, insisting on my unlimited data plan and not caring for texts (I really wish that people would stop texting in the US. “Recipient also pays” is a horrible system!), but I have no idea how they come up with these numbers. Today I had three dropped calls in three different parts of the city. And this doesn’t even begin to look at the 3g dropping in the neighborhood. Thanks to the AT&T X marks the spot app, I have reported six of these in the past two days. Not that I have only had six complete data drops, mind you, but the app doesn’t seem to allow you to manually enter addresses or to cache reports when it can’t lock onto your location.

Of course, this could be related to the new phone. But I had the same (maybe even worse) voice problems with my old feature phone (EDGE only), but had no way to report them. Looking at my call volume, I can say for certain that my personal rate has consistently been well above the “official stats”.

Speaking of the new phone, R.: all of these concerns I cite are considered features with your iPhone

But, there is one thing that is really bothering me today: is there a way to customize the Captivate’s lock screen? I would like to have a dialer to my google voice number and my contact info displayed. I think you can even do that with “vanilla touchwiz”. Yes, I found the owner app, but I’d rather not resort to an untrusted third party for my piece of mind.

It would really be a shame if AT&T blocked that basic bit of functionality. The only other option I have come up with is a custom wallpaper-but I wouldn’t want to look at my mug and v-card all day!