Question about multiple devices on the same Apple ID

I am currently an iPhone 4S user and have one Apple ID.
I intend to buy the new iPad soon and share the same Apple ID so that I do not need to keep switching accounts. However I have a question.
If I use both devices for iMessage, and if a friend of mine sends me an iMessage, will it appear on both devices? Or just the iPhone/iPad alone?
Also if I backup the data using my iTunes account to the new iPad, will I still use the same iCloud (5GB) or will I be given double (additional 5 on the tablet)?
Thanks.

You could do as my wife and I do. We share an Apple ID for iTunes (we have 3 IDs. One for her, one for me, and one for purchases. You can do this with 2. One for you and purchases, one for your brother). Log into everything on your iPhone with your Apple ID. Log into only iTunes/App Store/iBook Store on the iPad with your Apple ID. If you want your brother to have his own iMesage ID, you can use that separately of say an iCloud login (log in to your iCloud account, but turn everything off except find my device. Then lock it with restrictions by turning off changes to location services and accounts).
iPhone: ID 1 logged into iMessage, FaceTime, iCloud, iTunes/App Store/iBookStore
iPad: ID 1 logged into iCloud (find my device only), iTunes/App Store/iBookStore
ID 2 logged into iMessage, FaceTime, Mail/Contacts/Calendars

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Hi, thank you for this post. I hope you might be able to help me too?
I am relatively new to apple (have an iPad) and having been a PC user for years I was pleasantly surprised with the apple experience and am now trying to work out the best set up for me, my husband and young son as I am buying them both of them apple products this Christmas. New Mac laptop/ ipad for hubby and then an ipod touch for my son oh and a new mac laptop for me. We are also thinking of moving from Blackberries to iPhones. Yes we seem to be hooked! but i am unsure about the home family set up and how to replace my PC network that I run off an 8TB server.
In reading the forums I keep seeing people talk about problems they have with two apple IDs and trying to merge them. I have also heard about a family ID allowing us to share apps legally. I am really nervous of setting us up wrong and then having problems later and hence i am now looking for some advice on how to share as much as we can legally but also make usage practical and not invading each others privacy. thoughts so far:
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Wow that's really harsh. Both my wife and daughter have disabilities and the idea of having one ID is to allow me to be able to track them quickly in times of emergency through 'find my iphone'. I did not realise this was 'creating a mess'. I thought support communities were intended to, you know, support people with genuine questions like mine not to rush to criticism. Unfortunately both answers to my question have been negative.
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