Mac-mini 2009 airdrop not compatible in Lion??

Airdrop doesn´t work in Lion with Mac mini 2009 model.
Anyone thiks ther will be a firmware update or anything similar to fix this problem??

From the little bit of research I have done on this subject, AirDrop compatibility comes down to specific versions of the wifi chipset  (Atheros / Broadcom) in the computer needing to support simultaneous networking via infrastructure mode (most common) and ad-hoc.
On those that do not support it, as it is a chipset hardware limitation, there will be no firmware update fix.
Without some type of a software fall back in AirDrop (think Bonjour sharing on the local network) a substantial number of recent systems are missing out on AirDrop.
I am still puzzled why Apple would use the compatible chipsets in some of their notebook systems as far back as 2008 and leave them out for another 2 generations on other systems like the mac mini and macbook air (mid-late 2010). It must have been some engineering and space limitation.
Copied from Apple here, for discussion clarity for other readers:
AirDrop supports the following Mac models:
    MacBook Pro (Late 2008 or newer)
    MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer)
    MacBook (Late 2008 or newer)
    iMac (Early 2009 or newer)
    Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer)
    Mac Pro (Early 2009 with AirPort Extreme card, or Mid 2010)
It does not look like my spring 2010 Mac mini is supported.

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