Digital scrapbook

Today I had the opportunity to play around some time with a BlackBerry and I found really useful the status light that blinks in the phone indicating the user some information about the device (new mail, SMS, instant message, low battery, among others) in a way that is way more noticeable than the current pop-up notifications in the iPhone. I wish Apple would come with something like this (but you know more Apple-ish) in the next-gen iPhone.