System and method for prioritizing and displaying messages

A communication device for displaying message listings, the communication device comprising:

• a message store adapted to store read and unread messages and, for at least one message in the message store, a corresponding priority value having at least a threshold value, where the at least one message is initially unread;
• a processor adapted to enable:
• concurrently displaying a first message listing and a second message listing,
• the first message listing being displayable in a static first area defined for a display of the communication device and comprising entries for received messages in the message store associated with at least the threshold value, including an entry for the at least one message;
• and
• the second message listing being displayable in a second area defined to be adjacent the static first area and comprising entries for other received messages in the message store;
• and
• in response to the at least one message being read after storing:
• updating the corresponding priority value to a value not meeting the threshold value;
• and
• updating the displayed first message listing and the displayed second message listing based on the updated corresponding priority value to remove the entry for the at least one message from the first message listing and include an entry for the at least one message in the second message listing.