IPhone 3g sluggish/slow after 3.0 update

My iPhone 3g has been performing noticeably slower since I updated to 3.0. Two of my friends have been experiencing the same issues especially with SMS/email. Are other people having this problem and does anyone know of a solution?

I don't know if it's a solution for you, but something that has always worked for me whenever I've seen something unusual/unexpected/different/etc on my iPhone is a 'reset' - holding down both the sleep/wake and Home buttons together until the Apple logo appears and ignoring the 'Slide to power off' prompt and then releasing both buttons and waiting until the iPhone restarts......
I've noticed on other threads about this issue that the 'reset = 1st-stop' approach seems to have been forgotten, so good luck!

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