[sarah peterman]

UPDATED to work with 1.2

Here's how it's done. You'll need to have access to the Linux subsystem. You also may need to mount the file system

sudo mount -o remount,rw /

Type this into your terminal:

cd /usr/palm/frameworks/mojo/submissions/200.18/resources/en_us

Now:

sudo mv alternatechars_table.json alternatechars_table.json.old

Now type:

sudo wget http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1517634/alternatechars_table.json

Reboot your phone.

Whenever you want to type a smiley you'll now have two options.

<sym><k> will give you this:
messaging_2009-26-07_182417.jpg

and

<sym><z> will give you this:

messaging_2009-26-07_185203.jpg

I would recommend the first, just because it's not so broken looking, but it does all work...