There does seem to be a slight issue with this checkpoint thing, I've had it for a while and no matter how many times I've deleted all kinds of things and redownloaded etc. it seems to persist. It doesn't affect the operation of the wallet, so I'm still using it and not too worried (should I be?). There seems to be something that is causing certain people to consistently miss receiving the latest checkpoint.
On the idea of stats within the wallet, I initially thought this was a bit pointless, but I actually now think it is a brilliant idea that will help differentiate CGB. Think about it... we are absolutely surrounded by altcoins with all their differences (or similarities!) but the vast majority have the exact same looking client. (I only have a handful of different alts so could have missed a prominent altcoin with a radically different client). If CGB has a client that is actually unique, that in itself lends a huge amount of legitimacy to the coin, and if these features are also smart/useful (like live stats) it showcases the quality development team behind it, rather than just suggesting their capabilities are limited to cloning another client. This would presumably be a bit of work, but I think it would be worth it. I think it would be really worth doing something like this before any kind of marketing drive too. Although I am no expert I do have a bit of experience in beta testing software and hunting out obscure bugs, I'd be happy to do this on any new client.
Just my 2 mBTC, I'm sure you guys have things in hand, keep up the good work!