I’m talking to you about an era that people under the age of 30 don’t know, a prehistoric era when cell phones — let’s not even talk about smartphones — were only in the pockets of Armani suits. I was present. The yuppies Wall Street and or some doctor’s coat. You had to arm yourself with one to make sure the call wasn’t missed. PagerThe eerie beeping plastic box that alerted its owner that someone was trying to contact him on his landline. You can then find a telephone and call your representative back.
Sega wants to relive that golden age (in the absence of silicon) with its emoji. This little electronic gadget takes the idea of a pager, but adapts it a bit. First, it only works over Wi-Fi. In addition, no text can be read on Emojam which can only display emoticons, these little faces represent emotions, but also animals, means of transport, thumbs up… Another via Emojam was sent Finally, a physical connection must be established between the two terminals in order for them to communicate. In short, Emojim is above all a very safe communication service mainly for kids.
You can create chat groups that can hold up to 5 people together and according to Sega, 1100 emoticons can be used to create messages: it’s up to each person to make the best use of them to create messages. , to be coded or not, puzzles … Obviously, the iconic Sega characters are available as emoticons, but other licenses are already planning downloads, including Sanrio’s very popular Hello Kitty.
Beneath the idle undertones, an idea might not be so far-fetched.
At a time when smartphone and social network use is a real cause for concern, especially when young people are concerned, Sega Emoji might not be such a bad solution. Thanks to this small device, no unknown person can come into contact with the children and they can learn in complete safety how to use the network properly before launching into a very open application. The only small problem is that for the moment, Emojis will only be available in Japan, at a price of €44 per device, which seems a bit expensive for the features offered.
