Palm 680 Issues

Maybe I'm just a neophyte, but I am encountering numerous issues with my 680. I have never been able to load my tunes. It constantly resets, especially when sending text messages. What else? I can't send data over to the computer because I have low data storage space? It says  have plenty of room on my card, yet little remains on the phone? What do I need to do?
I can't even perform a hard reset correctly, apparently... 
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You will need to free up the memory on your device by transferring files, photos, etc. to a storage card.
Here is a link to the userguide for your device. On page 215 is the section regarding the expansion/storage card.
http://palmone.r3h.net/downloads.palmone.com/documentation/treo680att_UG_mr1.pdf
On page 162 it has the procedure for copying pictures and videos to the expansion card.
After you free up space on the device, sync to the PC to backup your data. After the sync you will need to Hard Reset the Treo to get it back to factory condition in order to see if it stops the unexpected behaviour. The Hard reset will erase any data on the Treo. Here is the address to Copy and Paste in a browser for the hard reset procedure.
http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=21,E=0000000001101133605,K=8069,Sxi=16,Case=obj(887)
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