Is the iPhone 4/3GS [UNLOCKED] non-usable w/o a sim card?

[THEAnonymous]

I wanted to purchase an unlocked iPhone 4 (or used 3GS) here in Canada and use it for a few months as an 'iPod Touch' before my cell-phone contract expires (i.e. use all the functions apart from the actual phone)

But from what I read on the Apple website...:

"
It’s easy to set up.

Get a compatible SIM (iPhone 3GS) or micro-SIM card (iPhone 4) and select a plan from the carrier of your choice. Then insert the card and set up your iPhone using iTunes on your Mac or PC. With a few clicks, you can start making calls."

...it seems like I need to have an active sim-card in the phone before I can even connect it to iTunes.

So just to clarify - do I actually NEED to purchase a cell phone plan/sim card before I can use the iPhone (sans phone)?

 

[mcmanus7]

I could be wrong....



But I know when I bought my unlocked iPhone 4 here in canada it came with a micro-sim for whatever carrier I Wanted...

I used that micro-sim to activate the phone and that was before I had activated the SIM itself...

In canada you do not have to "select a plan" to activate the iPhone