Over the weekend I received a notification in the top left portion of the display. It has the number "1" to the left of the icon and a blue blackberry flag with a white star surrounded by red circle. I have not been able to identify what it means. Is someone able to help?

Thanks, Wayne

blackberry messenger

Thanks Midnight Draven. I have not initialized Blackberry Messenger. Any idea how I delete the notification (without initializing)?

Well its a notification so, someone has added you to messenger, or sent you a messenger message; therefore knows your PIN.
Nope, without looking at it, it won't go away.

Find Messenger on your device and open it. Once open it will go away, until the next time. You can set it so messages show up in message3 list so you can open it there too.