Messages Congrats message

Hi all, got my HTC Hero over the weekend, originally locked to Orange but got a Vodafone SIM+Rebel SIM now, and I love it.

Anyways, with the HTC Messages widget, I can't seem to delete the 'Hi! Congrats on your new HTC phone blah blah blah' message. I tap on the icon which looks like a trashcan, but it doesn't do anything! I want it to display conversations like it does in the preview before you add the widget lol.

I'm sure this easy to do. If I hold down the trashcan icon instead, then of course it askes me to drag the widget around instead.

 

Many thanks. I dunno what happened but I texted a few people and the next time I restarted my phone, the welcome message disappeared by itself. Oh well, at least it's gone now