What is the 3.6gb of "other" on my iPhone 4?

Does anyone know what it is taking up all that space and if there is anyway of reducing it?

It's most likely data from other applications. It's pretty difficult to find corrupt files even with an explorer program. And restoring is usually correct. I know I had some corrupt video files which took up some space, but it's different for each device.
Also, if by any chance you are jailbroken, Cydia + other cydia apps = Other in iTunes.

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