Mutilple users on the one apple account

I have recently upgraded my daughters iphones to the latest software version.  We all use the same apple account so that we can share itunes apps, songs and so on.  It seems to have confused all of our contact details.  When my daughters texts me it goes to my other daughter instead.  When she can text me it comes up with my email address at the top of the screen instead of her name. Has anyone had any problems texting with having multiple users on the same account.

As long as the phones have different names when you connect them to iTunes you can choose different content to sync.
See: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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