Im no real programer... but wouldn't a great way to display that you have an mms be to have an mms app with no real interface, but would just download the pic, add it to your camera roll and let it display a message like "you have a new pic" as an sms from that person in the apple sms app? that way it would be clean and simple, and less like "hey lets have a million apps on our phones to do simple stuff... I love my iPhone, and i appreciate all that everyone has done to make it better... but dont you think its time to simplify if possible?