Two iphones one me account one calendar one set of itunes and two sets of

Question

...contacts
is this possible with logging onto one or more accounts.
Basically we just want to keep the two iphones contacts separate.
Ive put the itunes stuff in the shared folder, all the calendar stuff runs through the me account but im not sure the cleanest way of keeping the contacts separate either by putting subgroups or another method
if anyone has got a really slick way of doing this or even a non-slick way then I would be most grateful
J

Answer 1

I don't think MobileMe lets you sync subgroups, although you may want to chat with their support and check.
You can sync a subset of contacts, but only if you sync through iTunes. I think I just responded to someone who was trying to BOTH sync through MM and sync a subset through iTunes, and they didn't seem very happy with the results, so I wouldn't advise that.
All your contacts are merged in Address Book on the computer, right?
You might try this:
Set up two groups in Address Book on the computer, one for each phone. Let MobileMe sync everything and accept having the extra contacts on your phone--they don't take up much space. But the groups should also sync, and then you each can use the appropriate group on your phone. It looks like once you go into the group on the phone, it will stay there until you deliberately move back to All Contacts.