Read next or previous text messages w/o going backward?

Question

In Mail, when you open a message there are two triangles at the top right that allows one to easily navigate to next or previous messages.
However, in Messages, when you open an SMS text message, these navigation triangles are absent. In order to go to a next or previous message, one must hit the Messages button at the top left and go backward, select a new message. Then repeat over and over again if one wishes to navigate thru multiple messages.
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Is there a hidden way to navigate to next and previous text messages? Or is there an app that adds this functionality?
If not, then Apple needs to add this seemingly simple navigation feature ASAP.

Answer 1

I believe you are talking about navigating between different SMS conversations since the iPhone's messages app is in conversation format by each contact that you exchange messages with similar to an instant messenger client.
There is no option to navigate from one conversation to another from within an existing conversation, and there is no 3rd party app that provides for this and doubtful there will be. Such an option must be provided by Apple.
You can use this link to provide Apple feedback.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html