Where did my iPhone emoticons go?

Question

I had this program installed on my iPhone called emoji. It allowed me to have these cool emoticons for texting. Now that I’ve upgraded to iOS 5, they are gone and a microphone icon is in its place. I like the mic, but, how do I install emoji again?

Answer

Good news. With the release is iOS 5, the emoji emoticons are built into the OS. You don’t need to install a separate app. Just go to Settings –> keyboards and select the emoji keyboard. Now the globe icon to access them will show up next to the new mic button.