news:yc has a small text font setting and a nested comments setting which shows all comments rather than just one level at a time.
(edit: Tried it out, and it still isn't as usable as the website. It still has larger fonts and only shows three short lines from each comment at a time. The list of articles also has variable sized rows that often overflow onto multiple lines with other text at the same level: difficult to skim the titles quickly. I'd much prefer a subtle change to the mobile HN website to fix the buttons ;P.)