From: Peter Constable (petercon@microsoft.com)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2009 - 23:43:11 CST
From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> Go back and look at the survey again. 72% of users who said they were
> dissatisfied with their carrier's emoji said they wanted a wider
> variety. You don't think the vendors are going to notice that and start
> playing leapfrog with each other to provide ever wider repertoires?
Well, if this is indicative...
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/imode/make/content/deco_mail/
it would seem to be the case that they *won't need* to encode more emoji in that eventuality -- at least for this vendor: note the use of HTML rather than plain text and the use of Flash or of JPG and GIF for pictograms.
Peter
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