Emoji are cute little icons you can use to punctuate your communications. It's only useful to enable them if you communicate with people who also have iPhones, because most other devices will only show the dreaded Unicode squares (or similar).
For whatever reason, Apple have locked them down unless you're a subscriber to Japanese network Softbank. If you've got a JB'd iPhone, it's trivial to unlock them with a simple .plist edit, but if not, there's still a workaround.
1. Go to the App Store and download Spell Number (for free!).
2. Sync, and open the app. Type in 91929394.59.
3. Go Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards > Japanese and enable 'Emoji'.
4. You can remove the app now, if you like.
And that's it. Now you can switch to the Emoji keyboard when texting, emailing, twittering, taking notes etc. and drop in as many little emoticons as you like.
There's various reports on the internet that Apple have forced app developers to remove this easter-egg functionality from their software, and that the workaround has been disabled in 2.2.1, but it worked just fine for me. Also, don't pay for any 'Emoji Enabling' app - they do the same thing behind the scenes as Spell Number. Maybe you could buy one of Spell Number's developer Water Lou's other applications to say thanks?
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