26. A method of utilizing a digital acquisition device having a built-in microphone, comprising: recording a first memorandum in the acquisition device by speech through the microphone, acquiring a first digital content item and a plurality of subsequently acquired digital content items in succession in the acquisition device, associating without user intervention the recorded first memorandum with the first acquired digital content items, thereafter automatically associating without user intervention the recorded first memorandum with one or more of the subsequently acquired digital content items, thereafter recording a second memorandum in the acquisition device by speech through the microphone, thereafter automatically associating the second memorandum with one or more of the subsequently acquired digital content items acquired subsequent to recording the second memorandum, storing the data of the first digital content item and the plurality of subsequently acquired digital content items along with the associated first and second memoranda and recording linking references of the associated memoranda into headers of the digital content items; when the acquisition device is turned on, determining whether the acquisition device had been turned off for more than a predetermined time period before the acquisition device being turned on; and if the acquisition device had been turned off for more than the predetermined time period before the acquisition device being turned on, automatically generating an alert of whether to associate a previous memorandum with a next digital content item to be acquired, wherein the previous memorandum is associated with a last digital content item acquired in the acquisition device before the acquisition device was turned off.
26. A method of utilizing a digital acquisition device having a built-in microphone, comprising: recording a first memorandum in the acquisition device by speech through the microphone, acquiring a first digital content item and a plurality of subsequently acquired digital content items in succession in the acquisition device, associating without user intervention the recorded first memorandum with the first acquired digital content items, thereafter automatically associating without user intervention the recorded first memorandum with one or more of the subsequently acquired digital content items, thereafter recording a second memorandum in the acquisition device by speech through the microphone, thereafter automatically associating the second memorandum with one or more of the subsequently acquired digital content items acquired subsequent to recording the second memorandum, storing the data of the first digital content item and the plurality of subsequently acquired digital content items along with the associated first and second memoranda and recording linking references of the associated memoranda into headers of the digital content items; when the acquisition device is turned on, determining whether the acquisition device had been turned off for more than a predetermined time period before the acquisition device being turned on; and if the acquisition device had been turned off for more than the predetermined time period before the acquisition device being turned on, automatically generating an alert of whether to associate a previous memorandum with a next digital content item to be acquired, wherein the previous memorandum is associated with a last digital content item acquired in the acquisition device before the acquisition device was turned off. 39. The method of any one of claims 26 - 38 , wherein the acquisition device includes a hand held digital picture acquisition device and the digital content items acquired thereby include digital data of pictures.