Well folks, for all you Android faithful that own the HTC Desire HD or HTC Incredible S and have been waiting to get updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the good news is that HTC has begun the roll out of Gingerbread to both smartphones over the air.

According to an article over on Android Central by way of Engadget, the HTC Europe support website has posted that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire HD and HTC Incredible S has begun OTA roll out.

This means that if owner head to Settings>About Phone>System Software Update, they should be able to download Android 2.3 Gingerbread to their device. If you own the HTC Incredible S you should receive version 2.12.405.7 while HTC Desire HD owners should get version 2.36.405.5.

Reports have it that many are gaining the Gingerbread update, so if you haven’t yet received it just hang on as it will hit your smartphone before too long as if you handset is carrier subsidised the OTA update requires their approval.

However feel free to shout out your joy if you have already gained Android 2.3 Gingerbread to our comments area below.