I’m beginning to think that @evleaks isn’t really retired. In yet another leak from his supposed retirement, noted tech leaker Evan Blass a.k.a. evleaks has leaked what appears to be our first look at the rumoured Android-powered Blackberry smartphone. Much like the rumours we have heard, the image depicts a smartphone device that has a physical keyboard attached to the bottom – ironically, what is probably on the screen above it appears to be an on-screen keyboard, but that’s just extraneous detail. Also what’s notable from what little we can see are the Android Lollipop soft keys centred at the bottom of the screen, proving (if this image is legitimate) that Blackberry really is going with Android for a device in the near future.
Apart from the image itself, evleaks also says that this device is known as the Blackberry Venice – whether that’s just an internal name or the official name is up for discussion, but we’re guessing it’s just internal. Furthermore, the Venice is allegedly going to be sold at AT&T; it’s unclear whether this is an exclusive deal or evleaks only knows of the AT&T variant so far, but it’s all intriguing news at this point.
What do you think about the Android-powered Blackberry smartphone pictured here? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Twitter (1), (2) via TalkAndroid
