LG: Optimus One devices will see Gingerbread
On Tuesday, Alberto Vildosola hit up LG’s Facebook page looking for information on when he could expect to see the freshly announced Android 2.3, Gingerbread, on his Optimus One. Their response indicated the Gingerbread imposed a 1GHz clock speed minimum, which the Optimus One doesn’t meet. Therefore, Optimus devices would not see the update.
Alberto pointed out the unlikeliness of this being true, and Android engineer Dan Morrill confirmed that no such clock speed limitation existed. Now, LG has clarified the error and left us waiting for an announcement regarding the timing of an update:
LG will upgrade all Optimus One smartphones currently using the Froyo OS to the next version of the Android OS, Gingerbread. Details of the upgrade schedule will be announced locally in due course. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and misunderstanding that was caused regarding this issue.
Via PhoneDog
Good on LG for this one. Now they need to convince Sprint to allow the Optimus S onto Virgin Mobile, and CricKet to get their own Optimus variant rather thann the crappy Huawei Ascend. I mean, the Ascend is nice and all...except for the undersized headphone jack and the lousy touch screen response. Oh, and for good measure, offer an Optimus relatively cheaply in large quantities with 850/1900 HSPA bands for smaller carriers, or for folks who want a cheaper Android phone that will work on AT&T...and happens to be unlocked too. Please LG, please? I'll definitely buy a Virgin Mobile version...
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