Enthusiastic text-message fiends have discovered a new feature of iOS 5,
hidden in the keyboard settings. Called Emoji, it is a type of
keyboard, with a choice of over 700 emoticons, perfect for those who
like to spice up their text messages with an illustrated smiley face or
other symbols.
As the list of emoticons is quite
comprehensive, you could even stick exclusively to Emoji to type out
your text messages, if you are in the mood for some hieroglyphic or
symbolist fun. The emoticons, inspired by Japanese pictographs, have
been made more global, with both Google and Apple working together since
2009 to create a large standardized database. This leaves us to believe
that Android will soon have Emoji as well, probably with ICS.
To activate Emoji on your iOS 5 device,
visit the general menu of your settings, find keyboard, then
international keyboards, where you’ll spot Emoji. Check out the symbols
in the images below.
Let us know what you think of Emoji.
Does Android need it? Are you excited about the feature? Tell us what
you think in the below comments section.
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