Does Gingerbread Require a 1GHz Processor? LG Says Yes

[phandroid]

There could be bad news on the Horizon for anyone owning a lower-tier handset or an older high-end phone like the Motorola Droid. When questions by Droid Dog’s Alberto Vildosola about the chances of the LG Optimus line of phones receiving Android 2.3, the LG representative in charge of their Facebook fan page responded that [...]

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[Jayziac]

Can't trust hardware vendors, they just want you to buy their latest phone. Google says no 1ghz required.

 

[the CP]

Didn't we hear the same thing about Froyo?

In fact, there's a thread in the Sprint Hero Root forum with a link to XDA where a developer has ported an alpha of GingerBread to the Hero.