The HTC Thunderbolt went on sale a couple of weeks ago in the US, and now it looks like the Thunderbolt could be getting updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread sooner than later.

According to Droid Life, who received a copy of an email that was sent to one of their readers, HTC have been telling customers that the Thunderbolt will be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread some time in quarter 2.

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