IPhone 3G Getting so slow unusable?

Hi all
I've got an iPhone 3G 16GB White. I got to having 10GB of music on it, and with apps and photos i ended up with 2GB free for the phone. I synced it and as soon as I did the phone became so slow it was unusable. It took about 10 seconds for the slider to respond to my touch and about 30 seconds for my PIN to be typed in. I reset the phone and switched it back on, still awful. I deleted 1GB of odcasts off it and now it's fine, but I don't understand it:
How come my iPhone will not work when the memory isn't even near full?

Hard-drive space and "memory" in regards to slowness are two completely different things.
perhaps it's been a while since you hard rebooted? recommended when you install new applications.
If it keeps up maybe a full restore is in order, back everything up first! then do a restore, that'll sync it from scratch and restore all factory settings.
really helps when it starts to bog down, all smart phones have so many components of a computer so you have to do the proper maintenance that comes with it.

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