How To Text – Making Cellular Phone Smilies
Cellular phone smiles or most commonly called emoticons are all around us. We see them on the internet, on our phones and even in ads. Of course there are many different smiley faces which can express every possible mood or condition you can think of. For instance some of the most commonly used are: :), :-), :D – Happy :(, :-( – Sad :@ – Angry :?, :-?- Confused :X – No words/comment And there are hundreds of more which you can easily find by searching for “emoticons” on the internet or just by giving your imagination a chance to create.
All kinds of people use smiley faces, young and mature, there is no age limit for that. Smiley faces allow you to express your self better, easier and show your mood to the other person and not only that, but you also save time from having to write long sentences. The first documented use of a smiley face happened before almost three decays. In 1982 Scott Fahlman who at that time was a student at the Carnegie Mellon University proposed to the computer department of that university the use of: :-( – For news and information that shouldn’t be interpreted as a joke :-) – For information and news which are jokes
Depending on your cellular phone you may not have to create your own smiley faces or search for them on the internet. There may be an application for your phone which will list smiles and let you type an emoticon just by choosing it. However if you are a bit more experienced you will notice that it is much easier for you to type the emoticons manually than to choose them from a list.
However there is a difference between an emoticon and a smiley face. A smiley face is the expression made by simple symbols like:, ), (, -, ] and others while the emoticon is basically an image of that expression. For instance in some versions of Microsoft Word the “:-)” is automatically replaced with a real smiling face and you can choose which variant of both you want. Most of the forum boards and websites automatically replace smiley faces with emoticons when typing, so the time of smiley faces are slowly going extinct while emoticons are taking their place.
Phones are not left behind the developing of chat applications and websites. Most of the new model mobile phones have integrated applications to them which convert a typed smiley face in an emoticon. However you may turn on and off that feature depending on what you like the most. Smiley faces are a much needed feature in today’s messaging applications, because they allow you to show the other person your condition and mood in a much better and clearer way.
Now that you can do more cool text smilies, it’s time to test them out. You can text for free in Canada at TextCanada.Ca. It is quick and simple to send free text messages in Canada.
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