Using iphone on wifes itunes account

this maybe an old question, but i cant find an answer so here goes. My wife and I both use her itunes account for our ipods. I am now looking at purchasing an iphone and, from what i understand, i activate it through itunes. when i set up my itunes account, will i have access to the songs already on our computer under my wifes account? or will i be stuck with only being able to access the songs i purchase under my new account?
Thanks for any help

I think I can help out with this one.
My wife has the Apple ID, the one used to make iTunes purchases, etc, It's what I'm logged in as now, etc.
The iPhone will sync with the iTunes library, and the iTunes library is not linked to the Apple ID. So, any song you have on your computer loaded up in iTunes will be available to be placed on your iPhone.
When activating an iPhone, it will ask if you have an Apple ID, if you do, you can enter that information, otherwise you create one. So, if your wife has one, it saves a step in the process.
You can make one for yourself later, or say you and your wife wanted to keep iTunes purchases separate, then it would be cause for a different ID.
It's basically all up to you. We kept one name, it keeps things simple. On the downside is when I post it shows as being posted by "BowlChick" but I'm not too concerned!
Hope that helps sort things out...
-Erik

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