Can an old iPhone function as a Touch?

[chutneypig]

I've just won a Blackberry Torch (to my delight) so my iPhone (3GS) is defunct now. Can I use it as a Touch without a sim card in? Are there any pitfalls?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

[SleepySuzy]

Yes. You will just get a message telling you there's no sim installed each time you power up. You won't be able to use Internet unless using wifi. HTH

[chutneypig]

Thanks! Will I be able to sync with iTunes still?

[SleepySuzy]

Yes no problem

[chutneypig]

Brilliant. Just what I wanted to hear.

Thanks.

[niceguy2]

Personally I'd sell the BB and stick with the 3GS!

[SleepySuzy]

Me too

[chutneypig]

That was my first instinct as well. But ..... much as I love Apple tech, my iPhone, at least, is a pretty poor phone. It freezes during calls, frequently only rings once if at all so I miss a lot of calls.

So I figured that if I could use it as a Touch I'd actually still be getting what I enjoy out of it, if that makes sense.

[vernier]

I hooked my old iPhone (3g) to my stereo. With foobar and some tweaking it now streams music from my computer to my stereo in another room over wifi.

[chutneypig]

Ooo I'll look into that. Thanks vernier.

[SleepySuzy]

Have you updated your firmware on the iPhone?

[chutneypig]

It's all as updated as I can get without upgrading to Snow Leopard on my MacBook. I'm reluctant to shell out on the upgrade at the moment, particularly as I think it might mess with some work software I need. A shiny new laptop is on my wish list!

[SleepySuzy]

Fair enough