Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread in August

by Sohrab Osati | Jun 21, 2011 | 3 comments
Sohrab Osati

In late March, we were able to report to you that Sony Ericsson had a change of heart in regards to the Xperia X10 family and was going to bring Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the handset at some point. Two months later, the cell phone division of Sony kept good on its word to advance the OS on the Xperia X10 by releasing Android 2.1 for owners of the then-flagship device. Now, Sony Ericsson is finishing off its promise and is going to bring Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Xperia X10 users in August.

One of the many great features of Sony Ericsson phones have been their custom UI design, something which Google’s with Android 2.3 does not play nice with and has left a lot of developers and manufactures with a slight bitter taste. However, Sony is reporting that they’ve been able to create a work around and keep their custom UI in tact. In case of their unique camera interface,

 First of all – we’ve seen your feedback about losing some of the camera features of the original XperiaTM X10. Our developers have been working on it and I can now confirm that also the Gingerbread version of the X10 software will keep the original camera UI as in the Éclair version. I can also confirm that the new Facebook inside XperiaTM functionality introduced in the 2011 XperiaTM products will also be in the XperiaTM X10. 

Other features for you to take note of that is already available on the companies Xperia Arc will be:

  • Desktop layout and pinch-to-overview gesture will be similar
  • Wi-Fi & USB tethering
  • App storage on SD-card etc are included.
  • Customizable horizontal app tray and the media experience widgets from the 2011 Xperia Products are in
  • Integrated equalizer in the music player
  • Apps that require Android versions 2.2 or 2.3 will now be possible to download from Android Market, e.g. Adobe flash.

Hit the jump for a video walkthrough of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. While you are there, let us know if you are looking forward to this release of if you have a newer Sony Ericsson Android phone which already has Android 2.3.

[Via Sony Ericsson Blog]