Airdrop between Mac and iOS does not work

I am using a MBP (early 2011) OS X 10.10 and a iPhone 5s iOS 8.0.2 and I cant get a airdrop connection between them. Same WiFi and Bluetooth is on.
I bet my MBP is too old and does not support some kind of Bluetooth standard....correct? Thanks in advance for your help.

Hey guys,
Just wanted to put my 2 cents in and say that using my iPhone 5S and MacbookPro Early 2011 I was able to use both the SMS relay feature and the Phone call receive feature. So I'm not sure where the line is drawn for certain continuity features. I haven't had any handoff features work yet which I don't expect to happen since seamlessly moving something like a Pages files to different devices to continue working on would suggest the need for efficient Bluetooth 4.0 capabilities.
I'm really surprised that they limited the Airdrop from iOS to OS X to the 2012 or older mac models. I mean the bluetooth hardware in the iPhone should be backwards compatible so I see no reason why it couldn't be done between older macs that supported the mac-to-mac feature but didn't have Bluetooth 4.0. just means ill be using the instashare app to take its place... hopefully hey update with some iOS 8 extensibility features, that would make it a perfect solution.

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C3560 Software (C3560-IPBASEK9-M), Version 12.2(25)SEB1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
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==================================
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admin oper admin oper
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I created an Apple ID using my ISP Email when I registered at the Store/Apple Support Communities/iTunes/Face Time or other portal and it does not work in iChat. Why Not ?
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