14 DAY TRIAL // Japanese Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson might deliver the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system to its Xperia X10 smartphones as soon as this week.
Update: The new OS upgrade has already started solling-out on Xperia X10 smartphones in Italy, as Sony Ericsson's website points out. All the enhancements that were previously rumored to be there have been included in the package.
The company has posted some info on the availability of this OS upgrade on its Facebook page and announced that it might be released during week 30, which is this week.
Of course, the release date might get pushed back due to various reasons, but the great news is that the availability of Gingerbread for Xperia X10 is really near.
Currently, Xperia X10 is powered by Google's Android 2.1 operating system, which was deployed on it starting with the fourth quarter of the last year.
At that time, the company said that no future OS upgrades will be deployed on this smartphone, but they changed their mind, and Gingerbread is now on its way to X10 users.
Here's what Sony Ericsson posted on its Facebook page:
The launch of the 2.3 software for X10 is getting closer, and the planned release date is approx. w30. The date could still be changed, since the launch is depending on operators approval.
The software will be rolled out continuously, just like the earlier 2.1 release.
The exact launch date is depending on market and operators approval, so it will unfortunately not be possible to give precise information on launch dates for each market/operator. You will get more information once the roll out has started. The same as the previous software updates for the Xperia X10, Gingerbread will arrive on devices progressively, which means that not all users will receive it at the same time.
For the time being, Sony Ericsson did not offer specific info on whether the update is being prepared for both unlocked and carrier-branded devices.
However, chances are that all users will be tasting the update, though it might take a little longer for the software to arrive on handsets that have been sold via wireless carriers around the world.