Can I use my 1st gen iphone as itouch after activating 3GS?

I just pre-ordered my 3GS today and was wondering if I could still use my 1st gen iphone for non-phone related tasks? (Still use my apps, iphone, camera, and other stuff on my home wifi network?) Also will itunes handle more than one iphone profile?

Coreyrich22: some small conditions on this--see the official statement here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406
iona64: presumably the article above will also be true for the 3G, but I haven't seen confirmation of that yet.
You should avoid the issue by upgrading your iPhone 3G to OS 3.0 before passing it on and activating your new iPhone 3GS. Re future versions, I don't think anybody knows, possibly not even Apple.
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