wifi assisting poor reception - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello All,
My friend recently bought an HTC sensation and he says that his phone has a function which would automatically seek internet connection to assist with its reception when the phone detects a poor reception signal.
I was just wondering if there are any ways the xperia x10 could also achieve this capability as my phone has been dropping calls in my apartment. ( it would have full bar then suddenly turn to no bar before reappearing of having full bars) Thanks for the help!
** I posted a similar post but now I cannot find it, I figure that I might have accidentally posted it in the wrong forum, so I'm just re-posting it here.

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But what I'm finding is the the current default wi-fi bars on both handsets seem accurate.
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