8. A mobile station, comprising: a message input configured to receive a compact text representation of a voice message and a voice message identifier, wherein the voice message is associated with a message profile; and a display configured to display the compact text representation and an indicator associated with an availability of the associated voice message, wherein the compact text representation includes an abbreviation selected from an abbreviation library associated with the message profile, and wherein an extent to which the voice message is abbreviated is based on network capacity.
8. A mobile station, comprising: a message input configured to receive a compact text representation of a voice message and a voice message identifier, wherein the voice message is associated with a message profile; and a display configured to display the compact text representation and an indicator associated with an availability of the associated voice message, wherein the compact text representation includes an abbreviation selected from an abbreviation library associated with the message profile, and wherein an extent to which the voice message is abbreviated is based on network capacity. 14. The mobile station of claim 8 , wherein the message input is configured to receive a message identifier associated with an availability of a voice message and the display is configured to display a display icon associated with the availability of the voice message.