yes, almost any phone in any company you can buy with or with out a plan.
No, you do not have to pay for a service plan on the iPod Touch.
Ya my friend has one and she never had to get the data plan. With any AT&T smart phone, you have to get the data plan. With Verizon, you can choose on most phones. Either way, chocolate touch isn't a smart phone anyway.
If this is in reference to Verizon's LG Chocolate Touch, then yes it requires the minimum $9.99 data plan.
Yes, now you have to have a data plan ever since this January.
without a plan its $599.00 with a plan its $99.99
No, for example the LG Chocolate Touch is a multimedia phone and only requires the 25mb plan for Verizon
Yes if u want games and apps
Currently you can only buy the iPhone with a service plan. Part of the reason the phone price is low is that the service plan subsidizes the phone price. You could buy an iPod Touch, which is basically the same thing you're asking for, or you might be able to find a used iPhone for sale that no longer has a service plan. If you're done with the service plan and own the iPhone, here's how to use it as an iPod Touch: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406
$599.00
Borrow a friends Sim card with a data plan and activate it
yes. eBay.
It does not require one. You can always get it though. With Verizon, it's around $30 a month. Only smartphones and Blackberrys require a data plan.