Why does my iPhone 3gs keep crashing?

My iPhone 3GS keeps chucking me out of everything - apps, web and even typing a text!  Its infuriating, I just get to the end of typing a message and it just goes off and back to the "home" screen.  When I go back in to the text that I typed has gone!!!  If I am googling or on Facebook it does the same thing. 
Has anyone else had this?  Any tips (apart from sledge hammer) would be gratefully received!!! Thanks!

Hi gdmacguy - I have done a full restore and it still does it... it constantly chucks me out of texting and using apps - its also stopped my iTunes from playing after about 8 mins which is really irritating when I am in the gym!!!
Do you have any other ideas of what I can do please?

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