Can you have 2 contacts lists on the same iTunes account?

I have an iTunes account that both my wife and myself use, me with a 4, my wife with a 4s. I want to swap phones with her, can the two sets of contacts be saved on the same account, or do we need seperate accounts, back up the respective phone, then sync in the other account?

Yes. You can easily have multiple iPods on the same iTunes account on the same computer. Each iPod will show up with its name when plugged in, and each iPod can have its own set of preferences (i.e., what music, videos, photos, audiobooks, etc. to sync).
What you can't do easily is use the same iPod on multiple computers with different instances of iTunes. One instance of iTunes has to be "in charge" of an iPod.
John

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