According to Sony Ericsson

May 5, 2010 13:16 GMT  ·  By

Late last year, mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, a handset running under the Android 1.6 flavor of the platform and set to receive an upgrade to Android 2.1 during the ongoing year. While the company committed to the update, details on when it might arrive have been missing until now, when a recent post on the Sony Ericsson Product Blog unveiled that the update would arrive during the fourth quarter of the ongoing year.

It seems that all Android phones from Sony Ericsson will receive the new software solution at that time, including the Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro, announced officially in Q1 2010, and that the OS flavor will be complemented by a series of enhancements brought to the UX platform on these phones. The UX includes a rich graphical user interface, coupled with service plug-ins and content from partners, as well as with unique solutions, such as the Mediascape and Timescape applications from Sony Ericsson.

The UXP is the one actually scheduled to receive an upgrade in Q4, and the Android 2.1 OS will come along with this solution. Here's what the aforementioned blog post notes on the matter: “Some examples of user benefits that will be included in the UXP upgrade for Xperia X10 in Q4 2010 are: - Upgrade to Android OS version 2.1 - HD video recording as per the same execution as Sony Ericsson Vivaz - Wireless home connectivity via DLNA - Improvements to signature applications Timescape and Mediascape to make them even smarter and richer.”

The upcoming software update is set to arrive via the update service on the handset vendor's website. However, other minor software solutions will be delivered to Xperia X10 devices prior to this major update, and more details on this matter expected to be unveiled in the near future. The bottom line is that Sony Ericsson is set to upgrade all of its Xperia X10 handsets to the Android 2.1 OS, yet it will certainly take its time before pushing the firmware into the wild. This might not be the most fortunate move, especially since the next version of Google's operating system, namely Android 2.2 (Froyo), is just around the corner.