No - this is not one of our April Fools Day jokes. Its the real deal, confirmed by the Sony Ericsson Product Blog and everything. It seems that the guys over at Sony Ericsson have not forgotten about the godfather of their Android lineup. while promoting their second wave XPERIA smartphones.
Actually Rikard Skogberg, the man who unveiled this juicy information to the world, says that experience with the XPERIA Arc and XPERIA Neo phones has helped Sony Ericsson's engineers to start working on the Gingerbread update for the X10. Skogberg wrote that the reason behind this upcoming update is that Sony Ericsson listens to its clients requests.
Well, okay - we guess its technically true. Eclair and multi-touch did reach the X10, no matter how long people had to wait for them. The update will start rolling-out in the summer time. It will be exclusive for non-carrier-branded devices so far.
Locked carrier-dependent devices will just have to wait for new developments. Reportedly, some users may not get the Gingerbread update because of their carrier situation.
On the changes that Gingerbread would bring, Mr Skogberg had this to say: "In short, we plan to bring similar software and functionality to Xperia X10 as we have in our new 2011 Xperia smartphones. Our ambitious is to provide the majority of functionality of the Gingerbread platform, as well as the Sony Ericsson specific User Experience and features".
The new update would not be an over-the-air affair. You will have to connect your X10 smartphone to a PC with the Sony Ericsson software to update.
Well, okay - we guess its technically true. Eclair and multi-touch did reach the X10, no matter how long people had to wait for them. The update will start rolling-out in the summer time. It will be exclusive for non-carrier-branded devices so far.
Locked carrier-dependent devices will just have to wait for new developments. Reportedly, some users may not get the Gingerbread update because of their carrier situation.
On the changes that Gingerbread would bring, Mr Skogberg had this to say: "In short, we plan to bring similar software and functionality to Xperia X10 as we have in our new 2011 Xperia smartphones. Our ambitious is to provide the majority of functionality of the Gingerbread platform, as well as the Sony Ericsson specific User Experience and features".
The new update would not be an over-the-air affair. You will have to connect your X10 smartphone to a PC with the Sony Ericsson software to update.
