What to do with an unused first generation iPhone

I've got a brand new first generation iPhone.
I have no desire to use it as a phone.  I'd like to use it as nothing more than an mp3 player and wifi stuff in the coffee shops.
I've googled how to do it, but I came up with all kinds of complex stuff that I don't understand.  One article says it involves doing unauthorized stuff to the phone (gave way too complex instructions for unlocking the thing) ... another more recent article says that Apple is not objecting to people using old iPhones simply as iPods.
But nowhere have I found a tutorial that will get me up to speed ... something written to a techno-simpleton like me, with no real understanding of iPhones or computer terminology.
Can anyone point me to a very simple tutorial on how to convert a first generation iPhone ... probably one of the first ever made ... into a non-phone media player and wifi surfer?
And is Apple in fact okay with this?
-JOHN

The iphone is designed to only be used once it has been activated with a carrier.
Once it has been activated, then it can be used without a wireless plan.
Using an iPhone without a wireless service plan

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