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'Blackberry Venice' Release Date, Specs, Demo: BB First Android Device To Feature Slide Out Keyboard [Video]

"Blackberry Venice" has been all over the web this recent weeks and all kinds of leaks have been presented to fans. So seeing the phone live in a video should be great. When smartphone pioneer, Blackberry, announced Venice, the surprise was big. It shall be BB's first Android device - it is probably Blackberry's good attempt to get their foot back as one of the top smartphone producers. Going Android will certainly give the manufacturer a boost, although BB's own OS was also great. It's just that Android has been embraced by a large population of users, and iOS, well. is from Apple. Whether it's the name or its the quality that drives people to the iOS devices, who can judge.

Blackberry On Going Android

Based on the demo, "Blackberry Venice" appears to have the tap to wake function. There is also a slide out keyboard that can be used as a touch pad, which makes it easy to get up and down docs and sites in an quicker manner. We've seen Blackberry succeed in creating the best looking phones with durability that can deliver. So it's not exactly shocking to see that the company can keep on producing the most elegant smartphones in the future.

Google Now and Blackberry hub are seen in the "BB Venice," which goes to show that Blackberry is happy to go ahead and play nice with the Android and Google software. It looks like that the Android in "BB Venice" hasn't had a lot of changes in it.

The thinness was also seen in the video, showing how comfy it is to hold and grip. A large speaker grill is also seen at the bottom of the Blackberry device.

According to tech webste TechRadar, they are expecting that the first Android Blackberry device will be released in November.


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