Emoji in iPhone!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.10.06 – 21:13 -
[Update: Emoji are here!!!!]
It is about freaking time. They are adding 絵文字 (emoji) to the new iPhone firmware. Which means that all of us JP loving folks can put a little picture of a beer next to our 「今夜飲もうよ！」 emails.
I’m particularly excited about this because, as a pseudo-Japanese-expat, I love that I can send Japanese on my American iPhone. The addition of 絵文字 is just icing on the cake. And judging from the fact that Japanese people send more emails on their phones than SMS texts, that means they have to work in email too. That being the case, there is a good chance I will never write an email on a computer again.
So, they obviously are listening to the people about this… or at least the Wall Street Journal. Does this also mean a ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga) viewer app is on the way? Only time will tell…
[Via MacRumors]
Tags: Apple, cell phones, 絵文字, email, emoji, firmware, iPhone, Japanese language, smilies, technology, texting
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- Nov 24, 2008: Yamatologic » Blog Archive » Emoji on iPhone, for reals this time.
By J on Oct 7, 2008 | Reply
Just a warning: the RSS feed link on the top of your theme does not link to this blog’s feed. You might want to change that.
By Jeshii on Oct 7, 2008 | Reply
Ah! You are right. Let me fix that ><;;;
Thanks for the heads up!
By R on Nov 21, 2008 | Reply
No emoji for us…
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=6645279&postcount=106
I thought that we all receive the same update, but it seems to only be limited to users in Japan.
By Yu-chan on Nov 23, 2008 | Reply
I was hoping to get emoji but since I’m not in Japan, that little ray of hope has been flushed down the toilet. I, too, love the fact that I can type in international languages with the iPhone (in fact I’m on it right now). Do you suppose they’ll add the feature globally if enough users make a fuss? (>_<;)
By Jeshii on Nov 24, 2008 | Reply
However, if you hack it, you can get it: http://yamatologic.com/2008/11/24/emoji-on-iphone-for-reals-this-time/
Does seem weird that they wouldn’t include it at all though. The on-off option should be there for anyone who whats it IMHO.
Now that I have it, I’m having too much fun assigning the animal emoji to my friends names in contacts now. XD