O2 have a fantastic offer this weekend on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc where you can grab the handset for free on a 24 month contract, costing as little as £13.50 per month.

In a strange turn of events, it appears that O2 UK have begun to roll out the Android update for the Xperia Arc. The Android 2.3.3 update began rolling out yesterday to folks in Hong Kong and since then, a few other countries have also received the update.

O2 are the only network in the UK to have not released the Xperia Play yet and for a while the Xperia Arc was also listed as coming soon. A week ago though, O2 added the Xperia Arc to it’s online shop and was ready to buy and said it was in stock.

Yesterday we learned that UK network Three had delayed the release of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. At the time we didn’t know if this was down to them finding any bugs in the software, like O2 had or if it was due to stock issues. We can now confirm that it is down to stock, or rather freight issues. Both Three and Vodafone are experiencing a delay in releasing the Xperia gaming handset. Vodafone are also having stock issues with the Xperia Arc.

So many of us are waiting (im)patiently for the official launch of the all singing, all dancing Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, which is due to be released on the 1st of April. Unfortunately, if you have plans to pick up one of the new Xperia Play handsets on UK network O2, you may be in for a longer wait and if you were looking to purchase one of the white Xperia Play’s then you will have no choice to wait as they are an O2 exclusive.