Internet filtering for iPhone?

The iPhone is incredible, but one thing that is keeping me from buying one is lack of any kind of internet filtering to keep out **** and other bad stuff. I've got filters on all my computers, and would love one for the iPhone as well.
So far I have contacted two filtering companies (Intego and Covenant Eyes), and neither has anything for the iPhone. I'm told AT&T offers some optional filtering on the Edge network (via the Parental Controls which you access by logging into their website), but I have no idea how good it is, and the AT&T sales rep told me you can't edit or customize it, i.e. you can't block a specific site for example. Also, I would assume the Parental Controls would be disabled whenever the phone jumps to wi-fi.
Has anyone heard if there are any such 3rd party apps in development? Thank

I have the exact same wish for the iPhone.
As indicated in this thread, you can pay a monthly fee to feed all internet content through a proxy that'll filter out the garbage. Unfortunately if you're also hoping to move control of the filtering option from the local device to a remote 3rd party, you're out of luck. A proxy option can be easily turned off.
AT&T can do a data block which prohibits any information from getting to your phone, but that disables widgets, maps, mail, and the other non-threatening internet apps. Then with Wi-Fi, AT&T's block is powerless.
The last resort is to hope that Apple makes a watered-down version of the iPhone that's just a phone and an iPod so that internet concerns are alleviated (not to mention that they could hopefully make it a lot cheaper).
Best of luck!
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