I really do not see the issue including it in the DC package (with a nod from both devs of course) and allow it to be an OPTIONAL setting. If you do not want to be notified then DC could function as it normally would. Let the user set up the time in between checks for new messages. Maybe battery life isnt as important to some as staying connected via SMS to others. Who knows, maybe the notifier has little to no impact on battery life.

tlacuache, what do you mean by clutter? It would be a menu item that you would "set it and forget it" Would not need screen real estate to function or set up.

The optional add on for the moment is functional for those who wish to add it, but I think for the future the 2 should/will either be joined or totally separate. And by separate I mean DC as a dialer/missed calls interface and the notifier turn into a full blown SMS app, with send/receive ect. Just my thoughts. DC is fantastic and the notifier is coming along rather well. Keep up the work guys.