Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm fairly new to the iPhone, so
apologies if this is an obvious question.  Are the default
programs on the bottom bar (Phone, Mail, Safari + iPod) the only
applications that can show 'new' event counts? Is it to do with
them being on the bottom bar?  share|improve this question  4
Answers 4  No, the "default" apps on the bottom row aren't the
only apps that can receive push notifications or display number
badges.  There isn't necessarily a relationship between push
notifications and number badges. Apps can have number badges
without push notifications (Mint comes to mind) and can have
push notifications without number badges (MLB At Bat, for
example).  share|improve this answer  Any app that has push
notifications implemented can have the number badge on the icon.
Messages is another Apple app with push notifications. Some 3rd
party apps also have push notifications.  share|improve this
answer  Not exactly, the counts come from the app programming
itself. Some have the count integra