Two Iphones need two itunes accounts?

Plan on buying two iphones, one for me and the wife. Do we each need an itunes account? Why or why not? Is there an advantage to having different accounts? If I use my itunes account to activate both phones will it play song purchased with my account on both phones?

MacShadow,
Activation for the iPhone, and authorization to play iTunes Store content are two different things.
This page has the video tutorial on activation, and shows activating more than one phone on either individual or family plans:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/activation.html
This article discusses authorization, and mentions syncing to an unlimited number of iPods in the footnotes:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93014
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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