Apple’s original iPhone can no longer be used as a phone

We're not sure how many people, if any, are still out there using the original iPhone in a meaningful capacity, but cellular connectivity on the iconic device has been mercifully axed for anyone on AT&T, the iPhone's original carrier. Per an AT&T press release , Ma Bell recently announced that it shut down its 2G wireless network at the beginning of the year. And seeing as how the original iPhone launched without any 3G connectivity, Apple's 2007 iPhone has in effect been relegated to an