yeah, and one more thing, usually when you get an SMS and the phone is locked you have to tap the notification area in the top left corner to open up the actual SMS, but with this "new" SMS notification what you see once you unlock the phone and screen lights up is the actual SMS message text at the bottom of the screen with the "Done" button, like I mentioned above.
Strange.
And since that started happening a couple of days ago I have been receiving SMS notifications both the old way and the new way, with no pattern at all, so I don't think it's the service provider problem.
BTW I am on At&t service, if that matters.....