After a couple of months of being on sale round the world, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is now available through the US. However if you’re looking into picking the handset up, you will have to fork out the full price of the handset. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is available for $600 unlocked from the Sony Store. It will work on AT&T and T-Mobile but, T-Mobile 3G won’t be supported unfortunately.

As of yet, a carrier is yet to pick up the Arc, so there are no monthly deals, or subsidized handset pricing, just the flat out $600. Hopefully a network carrier will pick the handset up soon, making owning the Xperia Arc, an affordable option.

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T-Mobile have confirmed that three of Sony Ericsson’s recently announced handsets will be making their way to their network. Three of the four Xperia handsets announced by Sony Ericsson at MWC were said to be coming within the next month or so, while the Xperia Pro was not given a release date.

The three that will be released soon, is the Xperia Arc, Xperia Neo and Xperia Play. T-Mobile will be stocking all three handsets when they are due to launch in April.

T-Mobile went on to say that the Xperia Play is “perfect for gamers, the handset is certified by PlayStation and features a slide out game controller with the well-known Sony PSP layout.” While the Xperia Arc was described as “ideal for multimedia users, runs on Android 2.3 technology, and comes with an extra wide 4.2-inch multi-touch screen and in-built Mobile Bravia Engine to give users the ultimate entertainment experience.” With regards to the Neo, T-Mobile said: “it has been built with the photographer in mind. Like the Arc, it comes with an 8.1 mega pixel camera and HD video facility, for taking memorable photos and video clips whilst on the go. The handset also comes pre-loaded with Sony Exmor R best in class imaging, so users can capture digital camera-quality pictures in any setting with its f/2.4 lens, and share them with friends via MMS or upload directly to social networking sites.”

UK carrier T-Mobile already offer the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 on their network with their £35 a month, 24 month contract and now they are to offer the baby Xperia X10 – the Xperia X10 Mini to it’s customers from July of this year.

The T-Mobile website has been updated in the ‘phones coming soon’ section to include the X10 Mini. Interested customers can enter their details on the “register your interest” form and T-Mobile will keep them informed on the availability of the handset. They do state that the Xperia X10 Mini, with it’s 2.6 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 5MP auto focus camera and the Android 1.6 operating system, is coming to their network in July although as yet they haven’t provided any contract or pricing details for this newest Sony Ericsson smartphone addition to their range.

The register your interest page for the X10 Mini can be found here at T-Mobile.

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While Orange may have picked up an exclusive deal to sell the white Xperia X10, the company list the handset as coming soon. T-Mobile on the other hand, have the handset available to pick up on contract. It’s also not as expensive as expected. The X10 can be picked up for free on a £35 a month contract. The contract lasts for 2 years and includes 900 minutes, 500 texts, unlimited internet and a free “Flexible booster”, which is normally £5. With the booster, you can get unlimited texts, land line calls or T-Mobile calls. Alternatively, you can get an Europe call booster, including 60 minutes, or a USA and Canada booster, which gives you 120 minutes worth of calls. The booster package can also be changed each month.

While T-Mobile have the handset available to order, it can take up to 10 days for delivery.

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While the recent report from the FCC on the X10 hinted at being available on T-Mobile, new information has shown that it is pretty much guaranteed to hit T-Mobile. On page 3 of the PDF, it has shown that it will use 3G bands 1, 4 and 8. All of which belong to T-Mobile’s AWS 3G bands. So if you’re a T-Mobile customer, good news that you won’t have to change carrier if you’re after the X10.

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The Xperia X10 has been sent to the FCC for bench tests, reports and approval. Over on the FCC site, there are in the wild photos which have appeared, along with the user manual, bringing it a step closer to release. The reports show that the handset will run on Edge 850 / 1900, which is what T-Mobile’s band is.

The user manual is a full 40 pages, so if you plan on getting this phone on release, you can read up about how to use it, before you get it.

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Many believed the Xperia X10 may be released on AT&T when the handset is launched, but with new information, it appears that the handset may also be released on T-Mobile. A spec sheet dated November 2009 lists two variants of the handset with different network support. The first handset supports UMTS HSPA 900, 1700, 2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900. While the second variant offers support for UMTS HSPA 800, 850, 1900, 2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900.

It’s not confirmed yet, but it looks very promising and good news for current T-Mobile subscribers. We’ll keep you posted when this becomes confirmed.

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Despite the release date being a few days away on the 22nd of October, some customers have already received their G1, the new smartphone from T-Mobile and competitor to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 smartphone.

Some pre-existing T-Mobile customers that were lucky enough to pre order a G1, manufactured by HTC, have had their new phones shipped out to them in advance of the official release date, leaving customers that weren’t already T-Mobile users a little ‘miffed’, according to Engadget.

Expect a plethora of pictures and videos of the G1 to arrive on the internet at any time.