[crazychef]

2 of the 3 things are already there...

if your phone is locked whether its S2U2 or the stock lock on the mogul..when a message pops up hit the right soft key.. theres your options.. reply, dismiss, mark read.. if you click reply it opens without having to unlock first..

if you want the message there 30 seconds later on the screen..then don't do anything when the message pops up.. it'll go away after 10 sec but the notification is still there.. if your screen goes black..wake it up and left soft key says notification...hit that and bam there your message like it just arrived...

lastly.. InboxExtender(just google or search here) gives you mark all as read... never needlessly open an sms just to close it to set your count to zerro..

easy smple stufff...have fun