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Ask HN: Best cellular device for verbose real-time IM?

2 points by OldSchool ↗ HN
From typical cellphone-size where the on-screen keyboard is impractically small, to a standard iPad where the keyboard is ok if you're used to it but the device is not exactly compact, I'm looking for the smallest device that'll reliably do the job. I have not tried 7" tablets, phablets, nor obviously the iPad mini. What works for you in a situation where chats can get pretty verbose yet as engineers we aren't exactly longing for voice and certainly not video conferencing :) ?

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ergo14
I was pretty comfortable with 4'3 inch android phone (xperia S to be precise), you could also get android phone with physical keyboard.
ComputerGuru
This has always been (and, till now, still is) BlackBerry's forte. Even though their software is not up to snuff, their hardware is undoubtedly built for just this use case.
OldSchool
Great, thanks for the replies before I got scrolled away!
runjake
In the old days, I'd have said BlackBerry and BlackBerry Messenger. Now I'd say an iOS device and iMessage.