HT201406 Ipod touch 4th gen - freezing

My Ipod touch seems to be stuck/freezes. Operating two apps at a time is close to impossible, if I want to type in fb chat window, it freezes for first 10 seconds and then enables type. It takes longer than usual to launch an app. If the music is on, and I want to browse through photos, music stops playing.
Could anyone pinpoint what is the issue?

Periodically double click the home button and close all the apps in the recently used dock. Then power off and then back on the iPod. This frees up memory. The 4G only has 256 MB of memory.

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