Recently the iPhone app Tripview updated to allow users to customise the names of their trips. The developer noted that you could “Give your TripView trips that personal touch with emoji”

Sometime today it occurred to me that the same thing could be done with your favourite contacts. The results of this is more than just pretty icons but it also makes those contacts stand out out in SMS Messages, Address Book and Missed Calls etc. Examples are down the bottom.

The process is actually quite simple:

1. Enabling Emoji

a. Install the free app Spell Number (App Store Link)
—-a1. OR CLICK HERE ‘Emoji Free’ app 1.6 MB as opposed to 0.1 MB and shows advertising—-
b. Launch the Spell Number app and type:
91929394.59
c. Go to Settings > General > Keyboards, and under “Japanese” select “Emoji”

2. Adding the Emoji to the contact

a. Go to the desired contact and ‘Edit’ the entry.
b. Down the bottom of the edit page there’s ‘add field’

c. Add the ‘Prefix’ Field

d. Goto the Emoji page by click the world icon in the bottom left and Emoji away!

3. You’ve got 480 Emoji to choose from so now the hardest part is picking what icons for you want for which contact! Below are some screenshots showing how the Emoji highlight your contacts user experience.

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