Can I use the iPhone as a development device that destroys my iphone for normal use?

Question

I am a programmer with 5 years of experience, and I am thinking about going to the iPhone. I checked some books from the library for information. I found something that bothered me, tucked into a small corner of the book:

“The development unit should be dedicated exclusively to development. Using the device as a development unit means that it is subject to change on board and may not work reliably as a field device.”

Book "Cookbook iPhone Developer" by Addison-Wesley / Pearson Education. I did not find anything like this in any other book, so I was wondering if this was true. I would prefer not to buy another iPod Touch / iPhone just for development, if it can be avoided.

Answer 1

I have been using my iphone as a development device for the past 6 months, without affecting its normal use. However, I did not install the beta version of sdk. For this, I have iPod touch. But if you stick to the released version of sdk, everything should be fine.

Answer 2

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Answer 7

I installed Beta 3.0 on my iPod touch and it broke. I could never make it work again. Taking it from Apple, they said it was a memory issue, so not because of 3.0, just a bad time.