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Yes. LG has a couple models; however, they are mostly carrier locked and marketed to seniors.
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Pretty sure that's why blackberry users were the last people to give up their devices. Just saying. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
~d~
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One alternative approach is to get a smartphone with a stylus. I have large fingers, and I find this a godsend.
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I don't have any experience with it, but the Motorola Razor is advertised as a pocket-ready size of a flip phone fused with the intelligence of a modern smartphone.
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Blackberry tried and failed.
This is your chance to make it big. Just buy a ticket to Shenzhen, wait for the pandemic to end, fly there, find a garage shop willing to make your idea and LISTO, you're ready to make it big on the SmartFlipPhone market that hasn't been invented yet.
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someone who has never used a qwerty smartphone can never appreciate the experience. every now and then i search for new models that have the keyboard, but there is nothing. except those 3 phones from Blackberry: Keyone, Key2 and Key2le, which are bulky and expensive.
nothing like the Q10, portable, good build. it doesn't even has to be a quality build, it can be some matte soft plastic like the BB 9720 or the Galaxy S5, it only needs a decent camera and video processing.
2GB and a A55 1.5/2.0GHz will do the job
it's all gone to hell. i think of how Samsung used to make their top models S2, S3, S4... chip looking, but tough. now all they do is models for... fashion designers, hair stylists and wealthy wine experts.
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It seems like most of the Jira ads have to do with "improvements" that mean you spend less time with the software. One actually says something like "spend less time in Jira" another one says "ditch the tabs and update jira directly from the editor" - the latter seeming to be simply the correction of a stupid UI decision.
I've never used Jira before, and I don't even know what it does, but based on their own ads, I never want to. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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JIRA was introduced at where I work some months ago and I was expecting the worst, but apart from some teething troubles it now seems to run smoothly and I have no issues with it.
There are more user friendly alternatives of course like Hygger for example, see: jira-alternatives[^]
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honey the codewitch wrote: I don't even know what it does
It's time tracking software, and it is hated with a passion.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Doesn't it (1) track bugs; (2) track other issues; (3) help with project management?
So write bug-free code! And fire project managers, who are just so much joyless overhead.
2 down, 1 to go. But now you have time and free rein to dream up all kinds of enhancements, so it's hard to get rid of #2. 
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Greg Utas wrote: Doesn't it (1) track bugs; (2) track other issues; (3) help with project management?
It says so in the ads. Lots of free alternatives to outperform it.
Greg Utas wrote: And fire project managers, who are just so much joyless overhead.
A good PM is worth a lot.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: A good PM is worth a lot.
Gee, I didn't expect you to get serious on me! 
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We use it as an issue/time tracker (mostly issue tracker)
It works (for us) , it is not perfect (nothing is).
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: It works (for us) , it is not perfect (nothing is).
Toilet paper has better performance and less bugs. Even the used toilet paper.
Did you ever consider to upgrade?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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It's for projects where people don't talk to each other. Like a big job jar, suggestion box and bug report in one.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Your sig reminds me of Isaiah 28
In that day the Lord of hosts will become a beautiful crown
And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;
A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink;
They reel while having visions,
They totter when rendering judgment.
For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.
* I'm not religious, but abrahamic scripture is interesting.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Jira is a bit like C. It's extremely powerful, but it is also easy to shoot yourself in the foot, ... with a shotgun.
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I've never seen JIRA used for Time Management well(*) - it is, however, a great way to track work items in units of time eg sprints, what you're working on, what's up next, that status of work items - dev, QA, Done etc.
As with a lot of things, it's a tool - if you work in a big development shop, it can be used well - I've seen it used poorly though, in commercial confidence I can't say too much on that, except that when you need to raise a JIRA to make a decision about raising a JIRA, well, maybe a phone call or email is better
(*) this may be the way the Time Management aspects were defined/set up
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What frustrates me is how important it is to my coworkers to insist on using every single feature of there systems. "Jira has this neat feature for doing xxx, why are we not using it?" "Well, we have not need for it" is no acceptable answer. Let ut make up a need for it!
So we have introduced all the complexities of Jira. Not only Jira. To use git "our way", you have to know every single command and option. We introduced Docker for solving specific problems having nothing to do with clouds or distribution, yet there was a strong demand that we put a Kubernetes box around it.
If we could only use Jira, and other tools, in ways that helps to solve a problem, to save work, and for noting else, it would be great. But that seems not to be possible. Lots of my coworkers prefer to excel in tool handling rather in problem solving.
To paraphase AE: "Use the tool in as simple way as possible, but no simpler".
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Member 7989122 wrote: Lots of my coworkers prefer to excel in tool handling
And lots of mine prefer Excel over actual tools... 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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It's defect tracking software and mostly used by software developers who work for companies large enough to afford paying their license fees.
~d~
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If several cats lie in the same sunbeam, are they multi-basking?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'm sure someone will be able to shed some light on the subject.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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