250 New Emoji Introduced Today, May See Inclusion in Future Versions of iOS

[charlituna]

White girls rejoice.

Now if they would add sticker support to mail and messages. Tweens of all color would lose their heads

 

[SeattleMoose]

This should put the "no more innovation" rumors to rest!!!

 

[Serban]

so there are new emojis in iOS8 beta ?? this is sure a question for those who have iOS8 beta.

 

[Flight Plan]

My iphone 5 still prints when I dictate texts to Siri with the word "smiley".

Even my old Droid X would display an actual smiley emoticon.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

[baryon]

Since when are these called Emojis and not Emoticons?

 

[Flight Plan]

Since when are these called Emojis and not Emoticons?

I read someplace that the Japanese call them Emojis.

 

[flottenheimer]

Now, that's one ugly set of emojis.

 

[yannxou]

Another way to leave less disk space for the user in your new machine by adding useless emoticons in your system fonts.

 

[C DM]

This should put the "no more innovation" rumors to rest!!!

Yeah...this isn't Apple's doing.

 

[MattInOz]

Is "Distracted dog" adjacent to Squirrel?

 

[macs4nw]

Apparently we're on the path of expressing all our thoughts with symbols. No more pronouns, adverbs or articles. Every thought it's own symbol…..hmmm, where have I seen that before?

 

[Baumi]

Since when are these called Emojis and not Emoticons?

According to Wikipedia, "emoji" is a combination of the Japanese words for "picture" ("e") and "character" ("moji"), whereas "emoticon" is a portmanteau of "emotion" and "icon".

So, emoji is a more general term for any character set consisting of pictures (such as Wingdings), while emoticons only refers to those emojis which express emotions. (Mainly smileys.)

 

[dazzer21]

Obviously, I'm missing something...

...are Dingbats newsworthy these days?

 

[SandboxGeneral]

The vulcan salute was inspired by Jewish Priestly Blessing.

My local Detroit news station reported on this a minute ago, put up the graphic on the screen and described each of them and when they got to the Vulcan salute, he said "and there is some kind of alien hand thing."

 

[gnasher729]

wow this unicode consortium must be filled with Americans....

The animal, the reference to that TV show, the highway (freeway) design, the tornado, the cutlery... What's in it for all those remaining cultures in the word?

Everyone is free to argue for their characters to be included in Unicode. If there's anyone who feels that having a character in the Unicode standard is important, they should argue for it and most likely it will be included.

 

[maflynn]

I didn't know Emoji was that popular, I've used it very sparingly myself but adding new Emojis - wow, I guess some people do use them

 

[SandboxGeneral]

I didn't know Emoji was that popular, I've used it very sparingly myself but adding new Emojis - wow, I guess some people do use them

I use them somewhat regularly in SMS and on Twitter and even in email to friends once in a while.

 

[maflynn]

I use them somewhat regularly in SMS and on Twitter and even in email to friends once in a while.

I guess I'm just old fashioned

 

[SandboxGeneral]

I guess I'm just old fashioned

Nah, I'm just trying to stay hip like the younger people. I don't want to be a square you know!

 

[Dave.UK]

I'm sure this will roll out for Android users as a free update that runs on all Android phones announced since 2011... after all, Androids OEMs stand behind their product just as much as Apple does, right?

The joy of android. Users will be able to get this as an app update, unlike Apple who will have to roll out a system wide update.

 

[AppleMacFinder]

Were masonic hand gestures included, for easier chat beginning?

 

[yannxou]

Finally these will make sense to use emoticons in your Swift code.

 

[MacSince1990]

White girls rejoice.

Racism and sexism in three words. Well done.

That said, these emojis are ugly.

 

[Shrink]

Nah, I'm just trying to stay hip like the younger people. I don't want to be a square you know!

aaah...just using the word "square" sort of...well...dates you, just a bit.

I think the "stay hip like the younger people" train left the station a while ago.

Get used to being out of it (another dated phrase)..it only gets worse...trust me!

 

[nanogirl21]

Sweeeeeeet no more ASCII text for me![/QUOTE]

in the new beta there's a feature "translate to emoticon".

Using the front camera of your device, Apple developped a specific algorithm to map the closest emoticon to your experessions

Where is this feature located at?