I honestly don't think that there is anything to read into. It just means that whilst developing the software for the newer phones, they found a way of getting Gingerbread to work on the X10. But whether the upgrade to 2.3 will come the way of Roger...
If anyone wishes to see what Sony Ericsson have said on their official product blog, this is the link: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/03/25/update-on-xperia%E2%84%A2-x10/ They haven't said that those tied to operators will not get the up...
I had to use the Sony Ericsson Update Service to get the update on mine - I couldn't get it the over-the-air or through PC Companion. PC Companion ought to allow you to do the same thing, but it doesn't always happen that way... I also love the dual...