IPad air locking up frequently

I have a iPad Air (part of the first ordered iPad Airs) that in the past 24 hours, has locked up more than 4 times.  No real distiguishable pattern - each time it has happened in a different app, including Apple/iOS (e.g. Settings).  Ive already done two hard resets, and it's still doing it.  I'm backing it up now and will do a restore, but just wondering if anyone else is having similar problems?

This has been happening to me, and it is not a problem of not enough memory, etc.  I called Apple Support, and the tech had me turn the smart cover lock off and on, and reset the Network Settings, and it SEEMS to have made a difference.  So far, I have not had the problem again (which also included Safari's suddenly closing).  It also SEEMS to me that the iPad has its speed back.... I had not really noticed that it seemed to have slowed down, but since I made those setting tweaks, it has seemed much faster.  So, you might try these things and see if it makes a difference for you.

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