Can I Use Old iPhone as WiFi and Music Player?

I wish search was restored.
We upgrade the original to v.2, and intend to replace it with a 3G.
Can we pull the SIM card from the original iPhone and just use it as a wireless device with photos, etc?
I thought I read this was permitted, but a very young and uninformed ATT employee said absolutely not.

I can confirm that you can use your original iPhone as an iPod (mine works fine after removing the SIM) and wireless looks like its working although I can't connect but this is probably because I've removed it from my router.
The ATT employee is talking rubbish - you're permitted to do what you want with it, it is yours after all!

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