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Emoji for Everyone (no jailbreak!)

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deadsouls

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Dec 4, 2008
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honestly unless you actually live in japan who the hell wants this crap??

studies have shown that sms texting actually lowers your iq. i couldn't imagine how more dumb emoji makes you.
 
yoyo5280

yoyo5280

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Feb 24, 2007
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deadsouls said:
honestly unless you actually live in japan who the hell wants this crap??

studies have shown that sms texting actually lowers your iq. i couldn't imagine how more dumb emoji makes you.
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I agree, whats the point. Unless you send it to somebody who is on an iPhone with the same app its useless. Non-iPhone or app users will not see the emoji.

I disagree that texting lowers your IQ...in all cases atleast. Texting is a very convenient and quick means of communication when you need to share small peices of information on the go. It replaces the need to be arogant and talk loudly on the phone in public places. However, emotions are hard to convey. Thats why emoji is good.
 
Rojo

Rojo

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Sep 26, 2006
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yoyo5280 said:
Unless you send it to somebody who is on an iPhone with the same app its useless.
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Well my boyfriend and I both have iPhones and share apps, so it would be almost worth getting just to use for each other. But the app's page is written so badly, it's turned me off to getting it. LOL. Seriously - if English isn't your first language, can't you at least hire someone to write your app's description with proper grammar? :rolleyes:
 
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det2004

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Aug 20, 2007
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It would be nice if someone could make an app that would enable the emoji on our phones, but nothing else. I would love to have emoji, but I don't want to buy an app with all of the other "features" that this app has.
 
j3yq

j3yq

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Dec 16, 2007
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I Think Emoji is great, I use it now on a non hacked phone, i think it adds a lil flavor to the txt lol.
 
GoCubsGo

GoCubsGo

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Feb 19, 2005
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j3yq said:
I Think Emoji is great, I use it now on a non hacked phone, i think it adds a lil flavor to the txt lol.
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Aside from the fact that it seems this is marketed towards people who end every sentence in "lol", this is the very reason why I won't buy this app. Increasing the price as it becomes popular is a sure fire way to turn me off of an app.
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QuarterSwede

QuarterSwede

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Oct 1, 2005
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You have to pay for that app? Lame. If you don't want a jailbroken phone, then jailbreak it, enable emoji and then restore. Emoji stays and your phone is stock again. All for free and it may take you 10 minutes.
 
laserfox

laserfox

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Jan 21, 2008
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Well I enabled emoji on my ipod touch (JB) and I hardly use it when emailing my friends. Sometimes I do, but i am used to the yahoo's version of emoji. The apple ones are square and fugly.
 
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Ashyukun

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Jul 19, 2008
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yoyo5280 said:
I agree, whats the point. Unless you send it to somebody who is on an iPhone with the same app its useless. Non-iPhone or app users will not see the emoji.
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Actually, I believe all iPhones can display emoji irrelevant of their locale or whether they're jailbroken or not- it's just that you can't easily access them to type in without some tricks.

As a test, if I'm right anyone on an iPhone (and iPod Touch running the newer firmware) should be able to properly display the following Emoji: 
 
QuarterSwede

QuarterSwede

macrumors G3
Oct 1, 2005
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Colorado Springs, CO
Ashyukun said:
Actually, I believe all iPhones can display emoji irrelevant of their locale or whether they're jailbroken or not- it's just that you can't easily access them to type in without some tricks.

As a test, if I'm right anyone on an iPhone (and iPod Touch running the newer firmware) should be able to properly display the following Emoji: 
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You forgot "start."
 
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zorahk

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Jul 18, 2008
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I speak Japanese and I have my iPhone with Japanese keyboard enabled and I am pissed that I can't use the emoji feature just because I live in america.

How ****ing stupid is that
 
kas23

kas23

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Oct 28, 2007
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det2004 said:
It would be nice if someone could make an app that would enable the emoji on our phones, but nothing else. I would love to have emoji, but I don't want to buy an app with all of the other "features" that this app has.
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Yeah, I don't understand what this app actually does either, but it looks like it can send SMS...somehow. Nevertheless, it's proof that Apple is going to allow Emoji across all iPhones, which is a definite change in policy. Expect "useful" apps to come out soon that also enable Emoji.
 
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175170

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jessica. said:
Aside from the fact that it seems this is marketed towards people who end every sentence in "lol", this is the very reason why I won't buy this app. Increasing the price as it becomes popular is a sure fire way to turn me off of an app.
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Oh yeah lol. lol.
I'm just kidding.
But yeah, why would they increase the price?
That's some pretty bad marketing there.
 
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The General

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Jul 7, 2006
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yoyo5280 said:
I agree, whats the point. Unless you send it to somebody who is on an iPhone with the same app its useless. Non-iPhone or app users will not see the emoji.
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Any iPhone or iPod touch running 2.2 software can display Emoji characters system-wide regardless of whether or not you are Japanese, have jailbroken, or have installed this app. I send my friends Emoji texts all the time and they can see them no problem.

Just like how we use smilies in this forum, I like to use them in my text messages. Is there really something wrong with that? I'm not going to spend $5 to get it, in fact ... my friend and I are investigating and will most likely release a free Emoji enabler some time in the distant future for those who are afraid to jailbreak or use a backup editor.

zorahk said:
I speak Japanese and I have my iPhone with Japanese keyboard enabled and I am pissed that I can't use the emoji feature just because I live in america.

How ****ing stupid is that
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Speaking Japanese doesn't mean you're part of a Japanese market where something like this is in Apple's best interest. There are a few caveats - PCs and Macs can't view the characters (unless you're using Firefox http://photar.net/emoji/), there's no landscape keyboard, etc. There should be no feeling of entitlement here, you bought the phone knowing it had no Emoji to begin with. It still has no Emoji.
 
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det2004

macrumors 6502
Aug 20, 2007
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The General said:
Just like how we use smilies in this forum, I like to use them in my text messages. Is there really something wrong with that? I'm not going to spend $5 to get it, in fact ... my friend and I are investigating and will most likely release a free Emoji enabler some time in the distant future for those who are afraid to jailbreak or use a backup editor.
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I'm looking forward to that. I just want a simple app that allows me to use the emoji in emails and text message. I have been waiting for something to come out, since I like to use emoticons, and a lot of people I text with have iPhones. I don't, however, want an app that does anything else, like the one mentioned at the top of this thread. I'm still a little unclear on what it does, but I don't need a lot of extra frills, I just want the emoji. :eek:
 
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