This is one of many things I think the iPhone could improve on (I have both an iPhone and a BB Pearl).
If I want to check for new email on my iPhone, I have to press a button, then swipe to unlock, then wait a second for the home screen to pop-up and then look at the Mail app icon for a new message indicator.
If I want to check for new SMS messages, then I need to check that icon as well.
I have 2 email accounts (work, personal) on my iPhone and BB. With the BB I can easily open a view that has ALL unread messages (both emails, SMS, voicemail indications, etc). With the iPhone it's a bunch of swipes to switch between each account. And there is not, as far as I can tell, any way to do a Mark All Read on the iPhone. So when I land after a 4 hour flight and have 30 emails, I can't just skim through them and then do a Mark Read to clear out the message waiting indicator quickly.
The iPhone has many strengths, but it has a LONG way to go to meet the functionality of the BB for serious usage (IMHO).
If I want to check for new email on my iPhone, I have to press a button, then swipe to unlock, then wait a second for the home screen to pop-up and then look at the Mail app icon for a new message indicator.
If I want to check for new SMS messages, then I need to check that icon as well.
I have 2 email accounts (work, personal) on my iPhone and BB. With the BB I can easily open a view that has ALL unread messages (both emails, SMS, voicemail indications, etc). With the iPhone it's a bunch of swipes to switch between each account. And there is not, as far as I can tell, any way to do a Mark All Read on the iPhone. So when I land after a 4 hour flight and have 30 emails, I can't just skim through them and then do a Mark Read to clear out the message waiting indicator quickly.
The iPhone has many strengths, but it has a LONG way to go to meet the functionality of the BB for serious usage (IMHO).