Sorry but why is it an issue to download one of the thousands of free ones from the Appstore? Really every 'non-essential' app should be removed. Weather, stocks, calendar, notes etc there is no need to bake them into the OS.
Agreed on weather etc. calendar and notes are a bit more essential. Although I don't see why audio couldn't be in notes. They could really do it up with photo support, drawing/handwriting etc