Using iphone only as an ipot with out a sim card

i have an ihpone 3gs from at&t, i do not have the sim card cause i never did use it as a phone and i threw the card away, i only use the applications like i tunes etc. for some reason all of my applications are gone and nothing works on my phone.
when i connect it to the computer and/or turn it on all it shows is (no sim card installed insert a valid sim with no pin lock to activate phone)
can some one out there help me solve my problem, all as i need is for the applications to work, i do not use the iphone as a phone just as an ipot.

You have to have an active or previously active SIM in order to update or restore the iphone.

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