I don't understand why the standby/locked screen doesn't contain this information. It does on my Blackberry Bold. If you look at a picture of the screen here: http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_b...tures-2370.php The top "strip" with info on date/time, missed calls, emails, SMSs, IMs etc listed remains on the Bold even when locked. The light indicator will flash but won't tell you what kind of message or alert you are receiving. Having this info means not having to unlock to see what's arrived (wasn't that an annoyance for iphone users - doubly worse as there's not even an alert light?).