Why can't you turn off the new message indicator on any of the blackberry devices?

i can't believe that i cannot turn off having my blackberry notifiy me when i get an email.  at the top of the homescreen i either get a "Message Count" or if I turn this off i get the little red asterik alert folder appearing, plus the mail icon gets a red asterik on it.  i don't want to see this and i know that many other users feel the same way. 
has anyone figured out a way to turn this off?  if not, how can we let blackberry know they need to fix this in future models?  there are message boards all over the internet with this same complaint. 
a little more background: 
- the issue is on a saturday afternoon when i grab my phone to make a call, i don't want to see a little red asterik notifying me that i have a new message.  i also don't want to see a running count all the time.
- i tried turning off the data plan part so new messages wouldn't reach me, but the problem with that is when i later turn the data plan back on, the new messages are not then sent.  they never each my phone.  seems the server tries sending them once and if the data plan is turned off they don't make it, but never make it.
i hope someone at blackberry reads this and they make this simple change in a future model.  i'll upgrade to it immediately when they do.  i love the device but hate being constantly reminded of new messages.

Hi dplindsey, and welcome to the foams!
It's also time for the 1am Eaddicts meeting to start
Here's the deal, Turn off all the notification, ring tones, led''s for emails.
Go to the main homescreen and hit the menu key twice select make a folder.
Go to your main message queue icon, highlight it and press menu, select MOVE.
Move the Icon in to folder.  TA DA!   It's GONE
Data plan is good so you can still browse the web. Emails are stil getting delivered so you arent missing any.
What do you think?
If you need more information, please ask
!If not, please resolve the post using the options by the kudos’ star
Just check the post that had your answer!
Thanks 
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