Airdrop not showing

Jut upgraded to Lion and Airdrop is not showing in my Finder window. Any ideas?

Airdrop will work on older Mac models (not just the official list provided by Apple).
You can enable it in older models:
(1) Use Oynx to turn it on (Oynx is a Mac utility to turn on hidden features on the Mac):
     * download the latest version of Oynx: http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php
     * make sure you use the correct version of Oynx that corresponds to your MacOSX version
     * In Oynx, click "Parameters" icon,
          * then click "Misc" button on the tab
          * then check the "Force enabling AirDrop" checkmark to turn it on.
or
(2) If you are geeky enough, go to Terminal and type this line:
     defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowserAllInterfaces 1
Then re-log/relaunch Finder.

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