The phone also supports a wish list of advanced telephony functions, including the ability to block anonymous calls, a speakerphone, hold, and 12-button speed dial. A credit card is required. The iPhone is such a speedy Web surfer that we were surprised it only has a 14.4-Kbps modem. When a page is requested from the ISP, it's sent to servers that compress graphics and remove certain HTML codes. The iPhone's browser is set to a default home page, which is customized based on the user's ZIP code to offer local news and weather.
Web pages are surprisingly clear on the small screen.
Background colors and pictures are ignored, as are most text formatting commands, such as bold and italic. It also can't accept cookies or load sounds. Perhaps the biggest flaw is the lack of support for frames. When they're encountered, the iPhone simply tells you there are a certain number of frames on the page and asks which one you want displayed. E-mail is smoothly integrated into the phone's commands, and users can have the iPhone check for mail automatically twice a day.