How do i reduce the amount of space used by 'other on the iPhone

I have 2.28 GB 'other' used space on my iphone 4S 16GB running IOS 6.02 latest IOS and synced with IMAC using the latest OSX 10.8.2 and latest Itunes.
How do i reduce this. what is the 2.28 made up of?
If the space is old emails, texts, address book contacts as a cursory google search seems to suggest how to i reduce each component part?
Any suggestions / advice appreciated.

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