There are so many ways you could take this to the next level. Why don't you try a few?
We didn't switch our text note edit view to Hammer.js gesture support. Why don't you follow our example in the audio note edit view and see if you can do that yourself? You can check yourself against the code package for the book.
Spruce up the audio note edit view's audio recording and playback section. Perhaps add an animation that lets the user know when something is playing or recording. If you want to get really technical, write a plugin that lets the app monitor the microphone levels, and generate an animation that accurately reflects the volume of the recording. Do the same for playback.
Change the units for an audio note to reflect the size of the audio file, or to better represent the duration (such as hours:minutes:seconds).
Improve our swipe-to-delete mechanism so that any visible Trash buttons go away if a tap or gesture is detected anywhere else. The...