By now, everyone is probably aware of the cute Japanese Emoji icons that have been made available to the rest of us by Emoji-enabling applications. Well, you better get them while you can because they are about to go away very quickly.
Gary Fung, creator of Typing Genius, has informed us that Apple has asked him to immediately remove any trace of Emoji from his application. Of course, Fung's application isn't the only one available at the App Store that can enable Emoji icons. Apple has reportedly already removed Emoji specific applications, and has asked all developers with applications that include Emoji-enablers to immediately submit an update with the enablers removed.
Apple hasn't made a statement about why they suddenly decided to remove the applications. Emoji icons aren't enabled by default for users outside of Japan, and the only way to unlock them is through a loophole in the iPhones software so you can understand why they probably don't feel the need to say anything.
If you already have enabled Emoji icons on your iPhone, this doesn't really concern you. Everything will remain the same unless Apple decides to issue some sort of an update to fix the loophole.
We recommend checking out our How-To on enabling Emoji icons for free. The application won't be around for long so don't delay, get it today!
