Sony Ericsson X10 Family Update TODAY!

X10 owners are a pretty patient bunch of people. they would have to be to stick with a device thats saddled with a version of Android three generations out of date for so many months! Well the long wait for the Eclair update is almost over as Sony Ericsson announce that it is due to beging rolling out TODAY 31/10 Sunday. The update will include not just the X10, but also the X10 Mini and Mini Pro.

The update will hit the Nordic countries first and trickle out to other countries on Monday with more following as the month of November progresses. The first people to receive the update should see their devices notifying them of an update Sunday evening (Europe time).

The main features of the upgrade are as follows:

Xperia X10: 
• HD video recording with continuous auto-focus for high quality videos 
• Upgrade of the Android platform to Android 2.1 
• New back up and restore application, with extended content back up 
• 5 homescreens for apps, widgets, shortcuts and folders 
• Social phonebook which automatically syncs contact pictures from Facebook and shows when your friends are online Xperia 

X10 mini and X10 mini pro: 

• Improved Bluetooth functionality with support for sending and receiving pictures, contacts and more • New backup and restore application with extended content back up 
• Automatic synchronization of your contact pictures between Facebook and your phone book 
• Improved ways of handling pictures, audio, text and numbers in your messages 
• Upgrade of the Android platform to Android platform 2.1