iPhone 2.2 Includes Hidden Japanese Emoji Icons
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The Japanese love their iPods, but give them an iPhone and they will most likely shun it.
Why is it that a phone that has generated much hype and success worldwide has failed to capture the hearts of a country that loves its sleek gadgets?
The iPhone is incapable of inputting and displaying emoji, which are little symbols and emoticons such as these:
Emoji is a staple in Japanese messaging and the lack of it on the iPhone has Japanese consumers exclaiming, “da-me!” (”No way!) To them, what good is the iPhone if they’re unable to input a pixelated strawberry shortcake as a means of asking a friend if they’d like to go out to eat, or a cute smiley face with hearts for eyes to proclaim: “I’m so in love!”?
Hard to believe that some people would look at the iPhone and say, “yeah, it’s got massive expandability with cheap and free software in addition to being an all-in-one cell phone, iPod, email, (best portable) web browser, calendar & contacts, GPS with Google-maps integration, etc,.. but I don’t want to get it because I can’t insert cute cartoon images of puppies in my text messages!”
Emoji are still available for all of us non japanese users despite apple shutting down app on its appstore. Check out Emoji.app from Cocoamug software. http://cocoamug.com/emoji