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“Ask anyone over 25 what digit they use to ring a doorbell and most people will pop up their index finger. But ask a youngster and they are much more likely to extend a thumb. “Where texting is happening they use the thumb,” Anand Chandrasekher, head of Intel’s ultra mobility group, told BBC News at [...]

Posted 19 January 2009 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Japanese TXT emoticons

The page is full of examples.
“Apparently, Japanese Smileys(Emoticons) are read vertically while eastern Smileys(Emoticons) are read horizontally. And Japanese Smileys have more variation than eastern ons. I think the reason is that while American(alphabet) letters in computer are 1 byte, Japanese letters in computer are 2 bytes, so Japanese letters can have more characters. And [...]

Posted 19 December 2005 § uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,