We learned earlier that Sony Ericsson had delayed the much awaited release of Android 2.1 for their Xperia X10 handsets. In the statement, Sony Ericsson went on to say that the update would be rolled out in “kits”, which essentially means, based on the region you’re in, you may have to wait longer than others. On the Facebook page for Sony Ericsson Italy, they have already “confirmed” a new release date for Android 2.1. They say it should arrive from November 8th onwards. If Sony Ericsson don’t delay the Android OS update again, this could turn out to be correct but, as we know, Sony Ericsson UK had previously been confirming the release for Q3.

Also in the Facebook message, Sony Ericsson Italy have added that the delay isn’t because the company don’t care about it’s customers, in fact it’s because they do care, that the update has been delayed. They do not want to release a firmware that may still have bugs in it and could cause more problems than any good it would do, releasing Android 2.1 as is for the X10.

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Italian consumers will be pleased to be very close to seeing the release of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini handset in their country.

The Xperia X10 Mini is available in a number of Italian stores online and prices are currently at 249 Euros for the Android powered smartphone handset. Euronics have a black/lime Xperia X10 Mini listed for release on the 3rd June, which is also the date of release that Monclick.it have the X10 Mini pinned at, although the model they are listing is the black/white/pink model at 249 Euros. Fotodigit also have the black/white/pink handset listed at 249 Euros and they state that their X10 Mini’s are available now.