We previously heard that HTC wanted to squeeze in Gingerbread into the HTC Desire but failed due to the Desire’s weaker spec, but then rectify that they managed after all. Well, what’s the story behind it?

HTC has revealed that it plans to cut several apps to free up space for the Desire’s Gingerbread update. The company once again updated its Facebook status informing Desire users of its plan of attack.

“To resolve Desire’s memory issue and enable the upgrade to Gingerbread, we will cut select apps from the release,” the company posted. “Look for status updates starting next week. We apologize for any confusion.”

HTC yesterday pulled a 180 and announced that despite an earlier announcement indicating the opposite, the company was back working on the Desire’s Android 2.3 update. While users no doubt welcomed the news, HTC didn’t provide any details as to how it planned to solve the ‘not enough RAM’ problem it had mentioned earlier in the week. The manufacturer originally said there wasn’t enough RAM to run both Gingerbread and the HTC Sense UI on the Desire. However, it seems a stream-lined platform is the company’s solution.

HTC did not provide a projected release for the Gingerbread update, nor did it specify which apps it’ll be cutting out.