VIDEO - App Enables Japanese Emoji for Non-Japanese (Disguised as an RSS reader)!

[LinMac]

The developer of this application is one lucky guy. He is going to get a lot of sales from people looking to enable emoji.

 

[SFStateStudent]

I went with the JB emoji, I can't see paying for something that's free; but that's just me... (Seems like a nice app, oh wait where'd it go???)

 

[stil]

Thanks for the info OP. Interesting that a Chinese news reader would do this. It's not a bad reader either.

 

[redgaz26]

Well for 59p I think it's great only thing is you have to be viewing the full site on your iPhone and not the mobile version which I use for easier browsing

 

[jmccray]

Cool

Glad I skipped church today....LOL....j/k

 

[TwoBytes]

frostyplace enables emoji for non - jb!

Thought i'd post this in the app section in case you non JB people are looking in that forum.


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BREAKING NEWS FOR NON JB PHONES!

Well, not that breaking but something interesting before it's taken down so get this now!

http://tastyblogsnack.com/2009/01/23...thout-hacking/

http://i.gizmodo.com/5138107/how-to-...t-jailbreaking
(see bottom of page to download touchdial app which is much more expensive but unlocks emoji)
http://iphoneappsupport.blogspot.com...ouch-dial.html




1 Download "frostyplace" from the App Store ($.99) or 59p for my uk comrades
2 Toy around with the app a bit.
3 Push the Home button, go into Settings
4 Click General > International > Keyboards > Japanese
5 Turn on Emoji
6 Head into a text message and click the globe symbol to the left of your spacebar.
7 Drive your iPhone friends nuts.

 

[londondude]

Get Emoji on any iphone without hacking

It works cos I just tried it. This app will loads now!

http://tastyblogsnack.com/2009/01/23/iphone-emoticons-without-hacking/

Got an amazing link today from Ashot about this application that will allow you to send Japanese emoji icons to anyone with an iPhone — without hacking it! You all know I won’t jailbreak my iPhone

Anyways, it’s really simple. This is all you need to do:

#1. Get this $0.99 app called frostyplace from the iTunes store [ link ]
#2. Play with the app for a minute to activate, click on a story, etc
#3. Go into you settings -> General > International > Keyboards > Japanese
#4. Click the Emoji option to on!
#5. Text anyone with an iPhone and they’ll get your icons!

 

[Hudzilla]

It works cos I just tried it. This app will loads now!

http://tastyblogsnack.com/2009/01/23/iphone-emoticons-without-hacking/

Got an amazing link today from Ashot about this application that will allow you to send Japanese emoji icons to anyone with an iPhone — without hacking it! You all know I won’t jailbreak my iPhone

Anyways, it’s really simple. This is all you need to do:

#1. Get this $0.99 app called frostyplace from the iTunes store [ link ]
#2. Play with the app for a minute to activate, click on a story, etc
#3. Go into you settings -> General > International > Keyboards > Japanese
#4. Click the Emoji option to on!
#5. Text anyone with an iPhone and they’ll get your icons!

Did you hear there's a round thing that's been invented?!, I think their calling it a 'wheel'

I dont think it will take off.

 

[101at9]

I just did it too. Thanks for the tip but I dont think you need to stay on it for "x" amount of minutes to activate it. I think you need to find an article with a face(or what should be a face)at the end of the title. It would not work for me and then I found one with a face and the option showed up.

 

[xraydoc]

Did it on my iPhone 3G. Sent my wife a text with an emoji (she as an original Edge iPhone running 2.2) and the emoji icon did not show up. Just a square.
I'll try running FrostyPlace on her phone and I'll report back.

Edit: She's running 2.1; that explains it. I'll update hers to 2.2...

 

[Pressure]

Anyone taking bets on how long this application will exist?

I will not throw money on something I know will be banished in the near future from the AppStore by Apple

Update: Ok, curiosity killed the cat...did it and it works

 

[londondude]

this doesnt show up on other mobiles. sent my gf some to her non iphone mobile and it comes up as question marks.

 

[xraydoc]

this doesnt show up on other mobiles. sent my gf some to her non iphone mobile and it comes up as question marks.

Your girlfriend's phone apparently doesn't support Japanese emoji. Not Apple's fault.
Guess you have to buy her an iPhone

 

[Gokunama]

The Japanese weren't terribly interested in the iPhone for three reasons. It didn't have emoji (very important to the young Japs, what's an email without some emojis?), it doesn't have one-seg TV or the EDY cash system (prepaid electronic money chip that they pass over a scanner at a lot of places). Apple took care of the emojis in the 2.2 update, but there's a rumor here that Apple will put out a seperate model of the next iPhone in Japan that includes the EDY cash system and the one seg TV.

The emojis appeared on my wife's Samsung phone, and I'd guess they'd appear on most phones here in Japan.

 

[Lara F]

Just FYI - I sent a couple of "test" text messages to my Verizon phone including emoji and they were never received at all (even the one that had text as well). So you might not want to take chances unless you're sure the other person has an iPhone. Shame, but still cool to see all the icons.

 

[rhett7660]

this thing freaking rocks..... Takes our plain texting to a new level. LOL.... This guy is going to make some money on this. I have already had three people buy it once they saw my messages........

 

[razorianfly]

this thing freaking rocks..... Takes our plain texting to a new level. LOL.... This guy is going to make some money on this. I have already had three people buy it once they saw my messages........

Same here, well over 30 of my Twitter followers have DMed me to confirm that they've
bought the app just by reading my Emoji-littered tweets in Tweetie.

The source of the workaround was @iJustine.
I'm just getting the word out.

R-Fly

 

[LinMac]

The Japanese weren't terribly interested in the iPhone for three reasons. It didn't have emoji (very important to the young Japs, what's an email without some emojis?), it doesn't have one-seg TV or the EDY cash system (prepaid electronic money chip that they pass over a scanner at a lot of places). Apple took care of the emojis in the 2.2 update, but there's a rumor here that Apple will put out a seperate model of the next iPhone in Japan that includes the EDY cash system and the one seg TV.

The emojis appeared on my wife's Samsung phone, and I'd guess they'd appear on most phones here in Japan.

The payments via phone are a lot more popular than anyone outside Japan realizes. It is very handy.

We are just now starting to see casual mobile to mobile email here in the states as people get phones based on Android or phones like the iPhone. I hope we can adopt some other technologies from the Japanese mobile market here because it can be addicting just staying for a short time in Japan.

 

[Ashyukun]

The Japanese weren't terribly interested in the iPhone for three reasons. It didn't have emoji (very important to the young Japs, what's an email without some emojis?), it doesn't have one-seg TV or the EDY cash system (prepaid electronic money chip that they pass over a scanner at a lot of places). Apple took care of the emojis in the 2.2 update, but there's a rumor here that Apple will put out a seperate model of the next iPhone in Japan that includes the EDY cash system and the one seg TV.

The emojis appeared on my wife's Samsung phone, and I'd guess they'd appear on most phones here in Japan.

Don't they now make an attachment for the iPhones (or have demoed one for future release) to enable the TV viewing?

Also, as silly as it probably sounds to many of us, another reason that the iPhone wasn't as well received was that there isn't a loop to attach a strap- almost as important to many Japanese as the emoji are their keitai strap decorations...

 

[Gokunama]

I saw the one-seg TV tuner/battery attachment in a magazine.

I hardly understand the absolute need for a decorative strap and emojis either.

 

[TwiceNightly]

Got this, thanks OP

It works a treat, only one query though - I understand that now I have Emoji I can delete the app, does that leave Emoji "selectable" in the iPhone settings so I can turn it on and off or is it then locked on?

I like Emoji but might want to turn it off sometimes as it makes the aplha key a little small.