Will an iPhone connect to wifi for testing purposes?

[mahatmabobby]

I am buying a cheap used iPhone for testing purposes while learning to create iOS apps. I do not want to activate it or pay $70/month just to be able to use it for testing while working on my app projects at home.
(broke ass student already using a cheap flip phone)

Do I need to activate it, or can it get internet access via my 802.11 wifi linksys wireless G ? trying to do this cheaply and creatively.

thanks in advance
(yes I am an apple newbie)

 

[hackthatphone]

If it comes with a valid SIM, even an inactive one, then that will activate for you. If you can't come up with a SIM, then programs like redsn0w will hacktivate for you so you can use it as an ipod.

 

[mahatmabobby]

If it comes with a valid SIM, even an inactive one, then that will activate for you. If you can't come up with a SIM, then programs like redsn0w will hacktivate for you so you can use it as an ipod.

will I be able to access the wifi and test my apps for class? it's probably never going to be used as an active phone or data device.

thanks

 

[kvizzel]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

Yes

 

[mahatmabobby]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

Yes

awesome! thanks guys.

 

[labman]

why not just buy a touch?

 

[mahatmabobby]

why not just buy a touch?

i assumed i needed an iphone to build and test an iphone app but it does look like the touch would work too. (like I said, I'm a newbie)

i think I am just going to pay the apple store a visit.