One iTunes account, Two iPhones...Help

Hi everyone,
I am an iPhone user. I pay the bill for my iPhone and my wife's cell phone. I am getter her an iPhone but don't want here to have my contacts and calender on her phone. Am I right in assuming that she must have her own iTunes account and Calender to make it HER phone?
Has anyone else dealt with this kind of issue?
Thanks

You can do this with the same iTunes account and computer login account on your Mac, but best to create an additional login account on your Mac for your wife.
This will give your wife her own Home folder directory for creating her contact information and calendar events only with the Address Book and iCal applications under her login account which will be synced with her iPhone.
She can also create and access her email account or accounts only with the Mail application under her computer login account. You can enable Fast User Switching on your Mac to make the process of switching between multiple computer login accounts a fast and easy process.
OS X was designed for multiple users - with the Home folder/directory and the data stored within kept separate and protected. Each user has a shared folder for sharing documents and other data between multiple login accounts.
She can transfer music from the iTunes library under your login account and the same for photos transfered from your computer to the iPhone, and sync contact information and calendar events only under her login account.

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