How To Enable Emoticons/Emoji On iPhone/iPad/iPod Messages

On iOS 5, we no longer need to install third party apps to send or receive emoticons.

To enable emoji:

1. Tap Settings > General > Keyboard
2. Tap International Keyboard
3. Tap Add New Keyboard
4. Find and select Emoji

Once emoji in enabled, tap or tap and hold the globe icon on keyboard to use emoji keyboard.