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.

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+.

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).

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.