I believe you are right. In the late 90s most forum software had image emoticons as well as animated ones. The Japanese have had emojis (which is where the nam

I believe you are right. In the late 90s most forum software had image emoticons as well as animated ones. The Japanese have had emojis (which is where the name comes from) on their phones since the beginning of the century. I am not sure what (if anything) Apple has to do with this.