The rumored LG Star droid equipped with a promising dual-core CPU has not been made official yet but its just been reviewed and liked. The Tegra2-based smartphone specs turned out great not only on paper: the thing sure is pretty powerful too.

But you already knew that from the previous leaks involving the LG P990 Star. Speaking of the LG Star features, most of them are no longer a mystery: the thin device has a Tegra2 processor (benchmark test caught on one of the videos below), packs an 8 megapixel sharpshooter with 1080p Full HD video recording and an HDMI port.

As seen before, the LG P990 Star is running Android 2.2 Froyo, but Gingerbread 2.3 should come on board right on time for launch. The Android smartphone is expected to be announced at the next year’s CES, which is due in less than a month.

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It was just yesterday that LG were saying the Optimus line would not be receiving an upgrade to Gingerbread and that was that. The seemingly underpowered processor of the Optimus line just could not handle Gingerbread's awesomeness according to LG. BUT Today is a new day and LG has a different story.

"LG released information prematurely regarding the minimum processor upgrade requirements for the LG Optimus. Google recently announced the Gingerbread 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."

This is NOT a guarantee that Gingerbread will find its way to Optimus devices, but is definitely better than a flat out no.

The LG Optimus One has been doing some very brisk business, having sold over a million units to date and running Froyo, making it a very attractive option for comparitively little money.

However, all is not well in Optimus One land, LG USA have confirmed via Facebook that the handset will not be getting the upgrade to Gingerbead (Android 2.3). Indeed the Optimus line of handsets as a whole will not be getting any Gingerbread love. The stated reason was due to slower processors, but as you can see from the picture someone pointed out that a 1 GHz processor is not required for Gingerbread.

The dual-core LG P990 Star showed up a little while ago and now we get to meet its Korean twin brother which is called LG Star too and should soon start selling over at the SK Telecom stores across South Korea.

So, the Star is coming soon and its about to spread across the globe. First we saw its Verizon-exclusive version, then came the GSM-compatible LG P990 Star, which surfaced only a few days back and now we can welcome their Korean bro.

And while the SK Telecom version looks a bit different than the European one one thing remains untouched: the dual-core Tegra2 processor inside it.

BAD NEWS! for LG Optimus One P500 is obviously going to be stuck to Froyo for the rest of its life. The device that is certainly one of the best bargains you can get for the holiday season, but despite being announced just a few weeks before Gingerbread was released, it will not get a chance to taste it.

Its not the first time a manufacturer has let down its users with OS updates. Besides it is probably more tolerable here, considering that the Optimus One is meant to rival high-end feature phones, rather than smartphone top-dogs. However whats most embarrassing is the way LG brought the news to its customers.

A post on the LG Facebook page states that the Optimus One P500 will not be updated because there is a 1GHz minimum requirement for Gingerbread. Makes total sense, They cannot update it without fixing the hardware, which is impossible. Except that its not true and there is no such Gingerbread requirement and that was confirmed by the Android guru Dan Morill.