Comments on: Google and Apple propose emoji for Unicode http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/03/18/google-and-apple-propose-emoji-for-unicode/ Gen Kanai's Mozilla weblog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cailin Coilleach http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/03/18/google-and-apple-propose-emoji-for-unicode/comment-page-1/#comment-85065 Cailin Coilleach Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:11:45 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=286#comment-85065 I'm with Martin: SMS is completely supported in Japan. I've used it frequently to communicate with both people at home in the Netherlands as well as with fellow travelers in Japan. His notion that users don't know the difference between SMS and email is an interesting one. I hadn't thought of that. I’m with Martin: SMS is completely supported in Japan. I’ve used it frequently to communicate with both people at home in the Netherlands as well as with fellow travelers in Japan.

His notion that users don’t know the difference between SMS and email is an interesting one. I hadn’t thought of that.

]]> By: Martin http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/03/18/google-and-apple-propose-emoji-for-unicode/comment-page-1/#comment-84643 Martin Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:26:30 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=286#comment-84643 I don't know where you got the idea that Japanese carriers don't support SMS. They do. MMS is supported too. You might be confused because some Japanese carriers gave SMS a different name (skymail). Also, they integrated Email in cell phones, including push like the Blackberry, around 2001, way before European or American telcos. And they integrated E-Mail, MMS and SMS into one application: Send a message to a cell phone number of your own network without a header, and it's an SMS. Send it with a header, and maybe a picture, and its an MMS. Send a message to a mail address, and it's an email. Japanese cell phone users don't use SMS because most won't even realize that they're using a system different from email when they send SMS. From a usability perspective, this is a good thing. I don’t know where you got the idea that Japanese carriers don’t support SMS. They do. MMS is supported too. You might be confused because some Japanese carriers gave SMS a different name (skymail). Also, they integrated Email in cell phones, including push like the Blackberry, around 2001, way before European or American telcos.
And they integrated E-Mail, MMS and SMS into one application: Send a message to a cell phone number of your own network without a header, and it’s an SMS. Send it with a header, and maybe a picture, and its an MMS. Send a message to a mail address, and it’s an email.

Japanese cell phone users don’t use SMS because most won’t even realize that they’re using a system different from email when they send SMS. From a usability perspective, this is a good thing.

]]> By: Gen Kanai http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/03/18/google-and-apple-propose-emoji-for-unicode/comment-page-1/#comment-81858 Gen Kanai Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:06:37 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=286#comment-81858 Simon, I agree that SMS is a poor substitute for email but if you had to use email for even short messages on your phone, can you see why email adoption on the phone is at 90%? Simon, I agree that SMS is a poor substitute for email but if you had to use email for even short messages on your phone, can you see why email adoption on the phone is at 90%?

]]> By: Simon http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/03/18/google-and-apple-propose-emoji-for-unicode/comment-page-1/#comment-81853 Simon Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:04:51 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=286#comment-81853 You say that the key is that carriers don't support SMS, but I disagree - I think that's a consequence, not a cause. SMS is nothing more than a poor substitute for email, and I'd certainly never use it if a better option existed. You say that the key is that carriers don’t support SMS, but I disagree – I think that’s a consequence, not a cause. SMS is nothing more than a poor substitute for email, and I’d certainly never use it if a better option existed.

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