How to disable notification badges for the iPhone Mail app (iOS4)? Any way to turn the notification badges for the Mail app off without turning all notifications off?
What I've done is disable "Push" for Mail.  That way, I only get new mail when I go into the Mail app and refresh it.  It saves on both distractions and battery life.  

In Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data, I set Push to Off and the frequency to Manually.