ICloud Setup: Multiple Devices, Some Shared Data, Separate Email. Help!

Hi
My wife and I both have an iPhone 3G and pre-ordered a new 4S for each of us. We have a shared Apple ID (MobileMe account) through which we keep our calendar and address book synced with our phones, 2 Macs and iPad. That data is shared. We have no need or desire to each have separate calendars or address books.
We have also used the MobileMe account to share access to photo galleries created through iPhoto and posted to MobileMe (I know Galleries are getting the ax).
I have Gmail on my phone and keep it synced through IMAP. She has Verizon email on her phone as a convenience but it doesn't sync (i.e. if she reads a new email on her phone, it still shows up as "new" on the Mac).
We share a 2nd Apple ID for iTunes purchases. It's not tied to our MobileMe account. Through that, we are able to buy music, books and apps once, and use them on all devices.
This configuration has worked great for us but I can't figure out how to mirror that setup through iCloud. Once our new phones arrive...and assuming both Macs are running the latest Lion update, here's what I'd want to do:
My iPhone
- Gmail synced to Gmail Web Client and Mail App on 1 Mac (could this simply continue to happen via IMAP?)
- iCal, Address Book, and Photo Stream shared/synced with wife, iPad and 2 Macs through iCloud. Haven't decided about Reminders.
- iTunes purchases (music, apps, books) available to all devices
- Separate iMessages (of course)
Wife's iPhone
- Verizon email synced to Mail App on iPad and Mail App on 1 Mac (not imperative that this syncs, but would be nice)
- iCal, Address Book and Photo Stream shared/synced with me, iPad and 2 Macs through iCloud. Haven't decided about Reminders.
- iTunes purchases (music, apps, books) available to all devices
- Separate iMessages
I'd like to keep the .me email address too - although I don't necessarily need to migrate that account to iCloud (unless it makes the most sense to do so).
If you can offer advice on how to set things up this way…or point out anything that I'm not considering, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
Dave

My situation is almost identical. My wife and I presently sync our calendars and contacts through a MobileMe account and share apps through a .mac ID and want to keep it that way, but don't want to get each others iMessages. Assuming my account is the "master" account, I know I will convert my MobileMe address and ID to iCloud and set up my iTunes and Store account through my .mac ID. I assume that for my wife to receive her own iMessages and for me to be able to directly iMessage her, she'll have to create a new and separate Apple ID. If I do that, how do I set it up where we both share and sync the same calendar and contacts? I've read tons and tons of articles/posts/etc on this and it's confusing to me and to others.

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I hope you don't mind me chiming in here, but I see this as a major flaw in the move from MobileMe to iCloud.
Roderick, based on what your requirements are, this sounds like a viable solution.
Here's the spanner in the works:
Q: Can you have more than 1 iCloud account on each iOS device?
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Simple solution for the time being, but what happens in June 2012 when MobileMe is retired?
Frustrated-dot-com!!

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