The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is due to be updated to Android 2.3 this month. Sony Ericsson confirmed the information on their Facebook page where they announced it would be available between the 25th-31st of August.

The update has been in the works for a long-time and will be greatly appreciated by owners of the Xperia X10. The Xperia X10 originally launched on Android 1.6 so it's quite an achievement that Sony Ericsson have managed to get it to run on the latest version of Android.

What's even more brilliant is that Sony Ericsson have managed to include most of the improvements that Android 2.3 brings. Firstly, the user-interface has been improved and WiFi and USB tethering has been added , while you can also install applications on a microSD card.

The Xperia X10 will also benefit from a horizontal app tray and new media widgets, which will improve the user-interface vastly. Sadly, the Xperia X10 won't support DLNA because Sony Ericsson would need to go through a lot of legislation which would delay the update.

Unfortunately, other versions of the X10, such as the Mini and Mini Pro won't get the update because they don't have enough RAM.