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A system that allows consumers to manage content and create audio/video presentations in a small portable media device, and to share media files with other users of small portable media devices, without requiring access to a computer.

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1. A method for deleting at least one unwanted media file from a playlist timeline and from a plurality of media files stored in a computer-readable medium of a portable media device, the method comprising: displaying a timeline on a display screen, the timeline depicting a first stored media file a

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A method for deleting at least one unwanted media file from a playlist timeline and from a plurality of media files stored in a computer-readable medium of a portable media device, the method comprising: displaying a timeline on a display screen, the timeline depicting a first stored media file and depicting a first start marker and a first end marker corresponding to a period of execution of the first stored media file;receiving a first input identifying a second stored media file and targeting the second stored media file to a second visual position on the timeline;displaying on the timeline the second stored media file and a second start marker and a second end marker corresponding to a period of execution of the second stored media file;executing the first stored media file and the second stored media file according to a temporal relationship as depicted by the first and second start and end markers on the timeline;receiving a second input targeting the displayed first stored media file for deletion from the timeline;displaying a message that the targeted first stored media file will be deleted from the timeline;receiving a second input confirming deletion of the first stored media file from the timeline;deleting the first stored media file from the timeline;displaying a message that the targeted first stored media file will be deleted from storage; andwithin a predetermined period of time, deleting the targeted first stored media file from storage. 2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the second start marker is arranged on the timeline between the first start marker and the second start marker so that the first and second stored media files are simultaneously executed during an overlap period of execution. 3. A method as in claim 2, wherein the first stored media file comprises video media and the second stored media file comprises audio media. 4. A method for creating and displaying a multimedia presentation on a portable media device using a plurality of separate electronic media files, the method comprising: displaying a timeline on a display screen of the portable media device;displaying on the display screen a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of visual media files;receiving a first visual input identifying a first visual media file;receiving a second visual input targeting the first visual media file to a first visual position on the timeline;displaying a first visual media segment on the timeline, the first visual media segment corresponding to the first visual media file, the first visual media segment having a discrete first visual media start marker and end marker depicted on the timeline;displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of audio media files;receiving a first audio input identifying a first audio media file;receiving a second audio input targeting the first audio media file to a first audio position on the timeline;displaying a first audio media segment on the timeline simultaneously with the first visual media segment, the first audio media segment corresponding to the first audio media file, the first audio media segment having a discrete first audio media start marker and end marker depicted on the timeline, the first audio media segment at least partially overlapping the first visual media segment on the timeline; andexecuting the first visual media file and first audio media file in accordance with the depiction of the first visual media segment and the first audio media segment on the timeline, comprising displaying on the display device a first visual media associated with the first visual media file over a period of time corresponding to the first visual media start and end markers, and playing on an audio device of the portable media device a first audio media associated with the first audio media file over a period of time corresponding to the first audio media start and end markers so that the first audio media is played simultaneously with display of at least a portion of the first video media. 5. A method as in claim 4 additionally comprising electronically saving a timeline file identifying the first visual media file associated with the first video media segment, the first audio media file associated with the first audio media segment, and the temporal association of the segments along the timeline. 6. A method as in claim 4 additionally comprising adding a tag to the first audio media file associating the first audio media file with the first video media file. 7. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first audio media start marker is at the same position along the timeline as the first visual media start marker. 8. A method as in claim 7, wherein the first audio media end marker is at a different position along the timeline than is the first visual media end marker. 9. A method as in claim 4 additionally comprising receiving a third audio input identifying a second audio media file, receiving a fourth audio input targeting the second audio media file to a second audio position on the timeline, displaying a second audio media segment on the timeline, the second audio media segment corresponding to the second audio media file and having a second audio media start marker and end marker, the second audio media segment at least partially overlapping the first visual media segment on the timeline. 10. A method as in claim 9, wherein the second audio media segment overlaps a portion of the first audio media segment along an audio overlap portion of the timeline. 11. A method as in claim 10 additionally comprising executing the second audio media file and the first audio media file so that the first and second audio media files are simultaneously played on the audio device of the portable media device during the audio overlap portion of the timeline. 12. A method as in claim 4 additionally comprising receiving a first timeline input and displaying an indicator, and further comprising receiving a temporal input adjusting the position along the timeline of one or more of the start or end markers of the first visual media segment and first audio media segment. 13. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first visual media file comprises a video file. 14. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first visual media file comprises one or more still photographs. 15. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first visual media file comprises one or more maps. 16. A method as in claim 15, wherein the first audio media file comprises verbal commentary about locations on the one or more maps. 17. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first visual media file comprises a plurality of graphic slides. 18. A method as in claim 17, wherein the first audio media file comprises verbal commentary concerning one or more of the plurality of graphic slides. 19. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first video media file is stored on the portable media device. 20. A method as in claim 4, wherein the first video media file is stored on a server remote from the portable media device, and additionally comprising receiving the first video media file via a wireless transmission.