I don’t even remember the last time I tried booting up a symbian phone without a SIM card. I was pleasantly surprised when I (accidentally) turned on my N95 without a SIM card. The phone boots up as usual and activates the offline mode. All phone functions work just as great as they would with a SIM. You can surf the web, upload pictures to Flickr, navigate with Nokia Maps and play your favorite music. The phone can also sync with the PC in the PC Suite mode (It will, however, try to connect in Mass Storage mode by default).
FYI, The iPhone works without a SIM card as well (another suprise!). 
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[...] Starting up the N95 without a SIM puts the device in offline mode where all functions - including WiFi - work just as you would expect. Given the feature-set of the N95, that makes for a useful piece of kit without any phone bills! [...]
[...] via: technoblabber.abhishta.net [...]