That's right. As for your question, I can see someone falling on hard times and being unable to afford the calling plan. It would be nice to still be able to access your contacts, calendar, data, etc., and use it as a PDA.
> Why would anyone want it without a service plan? Without the service > plan it's just...a damned expensive iPod! > > George Kontos wrote: >> Another bit of trivia that I heard on SlashDot Review Tech News the >> other day... you cannot use the iPhone as a PDA or MP3 player unless >> you >> purchase the AT&T cell phone service plan. Apparently there are >> already >> hacks out there to allow you to do just that, but you need to edit >> code >> in iTunes to disable the blocked features. The hack allows all the >> features to be used without a service plan, except of course, the >> cell >> phone. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >
