UMA/Hotspot@Home on HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1

[Pogy]

Unfortunately, it's not something that could be added with a firmware upgrade. UMA requires a separate hardware chip inside the phone, which has been confirmed that the G1 DOES NOT have :'(. I am disappointed as well.

Not so fast there... on many phones, UMA does require hardware support because the main CPU and firmware are just not powerful enough to handle the transition from GPRS->WIFI. The G1's CPU is apparently powerful enough to handle this and on the dev forums, there are several people who are confident they will have a software solution for the UMA issue! (The power of open source!)

Also, Google already stated that A2DP, TAB, OBEX and all the other bluetooth issues would be addressed in a firmware update! There was not enough time to get a verified bluetooth stack in the first version of Android, and the next version (due next month) will have a fully functional bluetooth API.

[androidmaddy]

Not so fast there... on many phones, UMA does require hardware support because the main CPU and firmware are just not powerful enough to handle the transition from GPRS->WIFI. The G1's CPU is apparently powerful enough to handle this and on the dev forums, there are several people who are confident they will have a software solution for the UMA issue! (The power of open source!)

Also, Google already stated that A2DP, TAB, OBEX and all the other bluetooth issues would be addressed in a firmware update! There was not enough time to get a verified bluetooth stack in the first version of Android, and the next version (due next month) will have a fully functional bluetooth API.

Thanks for clarifying that out. Now that it's in the software domain, maybe I could help. Do you know of any groups which have already started working on it?