LG tries to cover up Gingerbread blunder earlier this week

Remember the statement LG made regarding Gingerbread (Android 2.3) for their Optimus phones on their Facebook page? Well after being proven wrong by a Google engineer, the company has tried to cover up their blunder by issuing a new statement.

“LG released information prematurely regarding the minimum processor upgrade requirements for the LG Optimus [line],” it said. “Google recently announced the Gingerbread [Android 2.3] platform and has not yet published the Gingerbread Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) or the public branch open source code. Once the CDD and the source code is public, LG will evaluate the upgradability of the Optimus Series. We apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding. We will alert you as soon as more information on this topic is available.”

So while they’re no longer discounting the possibility of Gingerbread on their Optimus Android phones, they’re still not confirming it despite Don Merrill (the Google Engineer)’s statement of “there’s no hard minimum processor requirement for Gingerbread.” Gingerbread should run just as well or faster on a phone that already runs Froyo, and any problems LG would face bringing the operating system to the phone would probably revolve around their own custom interface “enhancements” and skins. If only all manufacturers decided to keep the stock operating system, upgrading wouldn’t be much of a problem then. Leave the custom skinning to the user. What do you think?