Modern conceptions of note takers have a serious flaw. Calling a computerized device a "note taker" implies that the primary purpose is to write notes and documents in a form that can be easily referenced and stored forever. Anything that does not meet this basic requirement should not be labeled a note taker.
So why then does the Humanware Braille Note series of note takers violate this premise? There are plenty of justifications to the behavior exhibited by the Key Soft software running on Windows CE. Windows CE is of course the first. RAM is the next. A lack of nonvolatile memory is at the root. Yet these are all excuses for a flawed initial design criteria .
The result is that at any instant the Braille Note, be it MPower, PK or Apex, will hang and decide to erase any data stored on memory at any time. If you actually care about the preservation of any thoughts, musings, records or prose, don’t use a Braille Note. When that’s not an option, then schedule and implement consistent, daily incremental backups and backup anytime you have finished writing a piece of work. The Braille Note backup feature may not announce the incremental option; however pressing “I” will execute it from the backup menu nonetheless. Of course then you better have a backup system for your compact flash card, laptop or desktop hard drive and even your backup disk! Where has this world of digital data gotten us?
Otherwise, it is a matter of time before your files are toasted into oblivion, never to be seen again. Thank you Microsoft for your wisdom in creating a platform where such bad design can be perpetuated.