Using old android phones without 3g service

Hi all. Im new to the forums but a long time android geek. Im an IT guy so I like open source and loved android from the start. If this has been posted before im sorry but I did not see anything like it so I figured I would share.

I just upgraded from the original Motorola Droid to a Droid3 and love the new phone. Verizon only wanted to give me 7 dollars for my old Motorola Droid and the same for my wife's Motorola Droid so I decided to just keep them. Today I decided to turn on my old phone and try it with just wifi access (sorta like a itouch) . Guess what it works great !!!! Im so happy I did not give Verizon back the phone for 7 bucks off the new phone. I can now use the old phone to do anything while in a wifi access area. Just thought I would share this info with the community.

Is anyone else doing this with an old phone ?

I figure I can use it to stream music via pandora , use the camera or stream video via ustream , use voice over ip apps , play games , store mp3's , surf the web . Pretty cool if you ask me.

 

Thanks for the info Nater.