Bluetooth file sharing to non apple devices

Agreed, that Apple doesn't want piracy, but what about file types like documents and jpeg images that one would want to share over bluetooth with people having devices other than iOS? Its quite a handicap to flaunt around a $900 phone and then ask people to send via emails when they want to share something from their phones.
Neerav

Please read the subject and the original post.
And please don't be sorry on behalf of apple. The fact that we love apple is what makes us want it to be perfect. And nothing/no one is perfect. But I'd rather do with a non standard ear phone jack or a camera without flash than Bluetooth file sharing, which is the most basic way of sharing files between portable wireless devices in general, and smart phone in particular.
I'm also not ruling out possibilites of apple not getting license for incorporating this in the iPhone, from whichever company holds the patent for Bluetooth file sharing. Personally, I fell apple wouldn't leave out on something so basic.
It's just that it should cite a reason officially.

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