Can I buy an Iphone and not activate the phone?

And just use it as a normal 8GB ipod? Thats all I really want it for, and its $100 cheaper than the current 8GB ipod. Will all the ipod type functions work without activating the phone?

Templeton Peck wrote:
Buy a refurbished Touch: http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/08/07/16/sharp.ipod.touch.discounts/
This is very interesting because I was gonna buy one for my mother as a gift. Now, how can I actually buy one of those?

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