Nokia 5230 phone memory issue

Even after I clear all privacy from my web settings I still have low phone memory! Everything I download is saved 2 my memory card but no matter wot my phone memory status says:
Memory in use - 77mb
Free memory - 5192kb
Calendar - 5kb
Contacts - 36kb
Messages - 0
Images - 0
Sound files - 0
Video clips - 0
Documents - 31kb
MIDP apps - 0
SIS apps - 28mb
Other files - 49mb
What are those "Other files" & can they be deleted? As well as SIS apps, are the apps that can be uninstalled that wont affect my nokia's performance?
Can someone please help me with my problem?
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@alicat5
Is Mail being pushed to your device?
Although it would be a pain necessitating backup of essential data first, you could always reset device to "Out of box" state by keying in *#7370# followed by 12345 (default Nokia lock code unless altered by user).
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