Ipad apps close spontaneously

I have an original iPad WiFi + 3G purchased in December 2010.  I am running iOS 4.2.1.  Very often apps that I am using close spontaneously and without warning.  Most, but not all, of the time, the affected apps are ones that may be accessing the Internet.  But some are games that I have downloaded from the App Store and play only "locally", not online.  I have tried stopping all running apps in the multitasking list, but this does not seem to affect the problem.  When the apps terminate, I am returned to the screen from which I launched the app.  If I reselect it, or if I choose it from the multitasking list, the app will sometimes go back to the spot where I was when it closed; but at other times, the app will just reopen at its starting screen.
I don't know how to determine whether this problems is with the hardware, the operating system, or the apps themselves (which seems questionable since it happens with several different apps).  Can anyone tell me how to proceed to fix this problem?
O.B.

Hello,
I have exactly the same thing - most apps open then close spontaneously. This happens across a variety of different apps and under different wifi connections. It affects me more than 50% of the time now and I can't use a whole bunch of apps because of this. Is this a QC issue with the appstore allowing in badly made apps or is there something inherent in the Ipad that makes it MUCH flakier than advertised.
I really have better things to do than to reinstall every app, seriously.

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