Ask HN: How best to communicate iPhone to Blackberry

1 points by meterplech 16y ago ↗ HN

I know this isn't exactly the point of the forum, but I was hoping that some of the saavy mobile users here would know the smartest way to do this.

I have an iPhone with AT&T, I have unlimited data and MMS. My girlfriend is currently in Spain for an extended period of time using a Blackberry Tour with international plan with Verizon. Her international plan includes unlimited data, but no phone or text messaging.

We are trying to figure out a smart way to communicate mobile to mobile without using text messages. Skype is apparently unavailable on Verizon Blackberrys, And, according to Verizon AIM on the blackberry counts as text messages.

Given the blackberry's dearth of easy to find applications we haven't found something that would work.

Does anyone know of an app or communication tool that could solve this problem?

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aheilbut 16y ago ↗

email?

meterplech 16y ago ↗

Well, obviously. but I was hoping for a more chat-like method of communication. Something similar to BBM, text message, AIM and the like

runjake 16y ago ↗

Google Talk. There's a native client on her end, it runs all the time, uses little battery, and works fine with EDGE and she won't miss calls, and its very robust. On your end, buy Beejive IM for the iPhone and enable long logins and push notifications. It works very well.