Emoji Set on Sharp PA-8500
Date
October 1988
Credits
- Matt Sephton Researcher
Format
- Archive 160
- Information Graphics 78
Type of Work
- Finished work 5601
Publishers
Media
- software 78
Techniques
- digital 218
Locations Made
- Japan 383
This emoji set, believed to be the first set of iconographic image-like form of communication, was found within the Sharp PA-8500, a PDA or Personal Digital Assistant. In the late 1980s and early 90s these Japanese language word processors, also called “electronic typewriters” or wapro, were very common. Several other PDA devices released after Sharp PA-8500 has been found to also include emojis.
Emoji Set on Sharp PA-8500
