Ask Tii - Should I use one iTunes account for multiple iOS devices.

Hi rob,

Should I use one iTunes account for my iPhone and iPad or a different one for each, I  upgraded to ios5 on both . What's best considering iCloud?

Not sure how all that works, 

Steve in springfield 

 

 

Hi Steve,

I recommend you use one iTunes account for all your iOS devices - that way you can share the apps purchased.

Then you can set up iMessage with different emails for each device - so you can still get iMessages to just one device.  This is particulary useful if you have multiple family members each with their own iOS device and you want to be able to iMessage between devices.  

Personally I have 5 iOS devices sharing the same iTunes account.  And all that are on iOS 5 - are set up with different email addresses for iMessage - but again they all share the same iTunes account and all hve access to the same apps. 

Regards,

Rob W