Weather.com really frustrated me tonight while checking the weather on my BlackBerry. I was using the WAP site and saw an ad to download the weather.com application for BlackBerry. “Sweet!” I’m thinking to myself, I use it all the time on my iPod Touch how handy to have it when I’m away from WiFi. Then I realized it would be a big fat fee to use it, $12.99 per quarter! Whaaaat??? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not opposed to paying for applications and software. I usually upgrade versions for pretty much everything within the first 1-2 months of availability. But when I get the same service for free on the iPod (and by extension iPhone) it really rubs me the wrong way. Either charge me for the iPod Touch app or find another way to subsidize your income.

Weather.com App Download Screenshots

I’m onto my third Blackberry in the last 12 months (my second in 30 days) and I’ve put this together as a list of the applications that I constantly need to re-install as I’m getting the device back up and running. If anyone has some that should be on the radar, please let me know.

• Google Maps – The built in GPS + Google Maps = navigation!!!
• Twitterberry – Twitter on the go
• OperaMini – While the built in browser works, this gets the sites that aren’t so handheld friendly.
• Y! Go – I’m a huge fan of Flickr and use this to title, tag and upload photos.
• AT&T Blackberry Start – AT&T’s website for changing the device (without redoing all your email setup)

For anyone using their device as hard as I do, I recommend picking up a microSD card for photos and ring-tones (if your into that sort of thing.) It’s always easier to swap the card out than fight with buying and downloading them again.