While this will certainly come as a surprise to some, it is great news. Sony Ericsson have began rolling out the Android 2.1 update for the Xperia X8 handsets. We were already told it would arrive before the end of the year, although after the X10 Android 2.1 fiasco, many assumed it would probably be December 31st and only limited to certain regions. We also recently reported that the update would most likely be out in three weeks time but, not even a week has passed and the update has arrived.