Optimus 3D Gingerbread update coming, world shrugs, stares wistfully at Ice Cream San

[http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/11/optimsu3d.jpg](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/15/optimus-3d-gingerbread-update-coming-world-shrugs-stares-wistf/)  	So we thought an update was coming [last month](http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/07/lg-optimus-3d-app-converter-starts-roll-out-this-month-why-sett/), but like those three-dimensional phantasms the [Optimus 3D](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/31/lg-optimus-3d-review/) is capable of conjuring, it appears it wasn't really there. LG now plans to lump the 2D to 3D app convertor, camera upgrades and some more nuggets into its feet-dragging Gingerbread upgrade, starting this month. Alongside 3D video editing and automatic image-stabilization, the customized version of Android 2.3 will unleash a speedier HSPA+ connection boosting maximum download speeds to 21Mbps, and "advanced copy/paste" -- something we're very excited about. LG also promises longer music playback from the upgraded 3D phone, with the software refresh pegged to start on carrier-unlocked handsets in Europe next week, rolling out elsewhere in time for the new year. While LG will be bringing the [ICS upgrade](http://www.engadget.com/updates/which-devices-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich/) to its Optimus 2X, it has remained tight-lipped on the dual-camera'd stablemate -- that's probably not a good sign.

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