Can an iPad Mini with cell phone service SMS another phone? I understand that the iPad mini is Data Only, but does that mean it's impossible to send/receive a SMS from the device?
There are lots of programs that can send/receive an SMS over a data connection in the USA. I mostly use Google Voice so it's place to start. An App Store search on "SMS" returned 2776 iPad apps and 7914 iPhone apps so the hard part is that there's actually too many to choose from.