IPod Nano & iPod Touch

I will be purchasing 2 of the iPod Nano's and 1 iPod Touch for my kids for Christmas. My question is will I be able to sync each of these on the same computer? If so, will each have to have their own respective iTunes account? I already have an iPhone which is sync'd to my laptop. The above iPods would be sync'd to the desktop at home. Will this even be possible? ANY light you folks can shed on the subject is and will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks in advance!

Hello there,
VitoCorleone wrote:
I will be purchasing 2 of the iPod Nano's and 1 iPod Touch for my kids for Christmas. My question is will I be able to sync each of these on the same computer?
Yes, there is no limit to the number of iPods you can have synced with one iTunes library or account.
If so, will each have to have their own respective iTunes account? I already have an iPhone which is sync'd to my laptop. The above iPods would be sync'd to the desktop at home. Will this even be possible? ANY light you folks can shed on >the subject is and will be greatly appreciated!!!
You can opt to set up a separate iTunes account for each iPod, but you can also set it up a central account if you wished. There are actually several ways of handling multiple iPods with one computer. For more information, I would check out this Apple support document. [How to use multiple iPods with one computer|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495]
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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