According to a blog post over at Vodafone Australia, the company will begin testing Android 2.3 on the Xperia X10 Mini Pro in around 6 weeks time.

The blog post highlights questions about Android updates that they’ve been receiving regarding when updates will be released, what stage the updates are at and indicates what version of Android the various handsets are currently running and what the next update will be.

The blog post lists various handsets and two Sony Ericsson phones, the Xperia X10 and the X10 Mini Pro. The post says that the X10 is currently on 1.6 and that 2.3 is currently being tested and is due to be completed in about 2 weeks. When it comes to the X10 Mini though, the company say that the testing hasn’t been scheduled yet but, that they anticipate testing it in 6 weeks time.

When Sony Ericsson announced that they had changed their plans for the Xperia X10 and that it would not be stuck on Android 2.1 but, would instead be upgraded to Android 2.3 during the end of Q2/start of Q3, this pleased many customers. However it still left some of Sony Ericsson’s customers rather angry, as while this was great news for owners of the Xperia X10, it was also announced that the X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and Xperia X8 were not part of these plans and would remain on Android 2.1 as previously stated.

Big things are about to happen this year for Sony Ericsson as promised during the Consumer Electronics show (CES) 2011.  A video released by Markus Hansson, currently employed by Sony Ericsson, on YouTube announced the company’s integration of Ant+ technology on their smartphone models. This is going to be the first time for smartphones to be integrated with Ant+.

To understand what Ant+ is we must first know what ANT is. ANT is a wireless sensor network that enables wireless devices to communicate with each other. Ant+ basically adds more function to ANT so that it is easier to manage the transfer and collection of data from various devices. Areas that benefit from this are sports, home health and wellness.

In partnership with sports news giants ESPN, Sony Ericsson are offering new Xperia X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and Xperia X8 buyers three months of free ESPN Goals access.

Running until the 26th of November, if you purchase one of the handsets in the Xperia X10 range and download the ESPN app from the Android Marketplace, you will recieve free access to the full ESPN mobile service, including all the latest goals and video clip highlights from the Barclays Premier League. The service usually costs £3.99 per month (or £29.99 for the entire football season).

So, if you’ve recently purchased an Xperia mobile phone (from the 25th of October), all you need to do to receive this free offer is head over to the Android Marketplace and download/install the ESPN application and your three months of  free access will be added automatically.

We recently learned that in the UK, Three are the exclusive sellers of the X10 Mini Pro in white. There’s now two competitions up to win the said handset in white.

First up, The News of the World is holding a contest which ends tomorrow. To enter you’ll need to provide a few details and answer one simple question “What colour Xperia™ X10 mini pro handset is exclusive available on Three?”. Vogue are also holding the same competition. Again you’ll need to provide a few details and answer one question, which is slightly harder. “Which young designer has been named as the winner of the British Fashion Council’s MA Scholarship?”. There is however, fortunately a clue page to help you along. Vogue’s competition ends September 2nd.