Hands-on video of the BlackBerry Venice shows almost 4 minutes of the unannounced device

The other day we were treated to some very clear photos of the upcoming Android-powered BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Venice, but naturally that’s now been trumped by an almost 4 minute hands-on video of the BlackBerry Venice. Courtesy of Baka Mobile, the video walks through some of the features that have been difficult to surmise from photos, such as tap to wake. Despite this being only an evaluation unit, the Venice in the video looks very close to a production unit, but we’ll still have to wait for BlackBerry‘s official announcement. Check out the video for yourself down below:

A few features are quite interesting – the biometric touch swipe that is possible on the slide out keyboard is an unusual feature, especially considering the device has a touchscreen. Also, the confirmation of the swipe up command on the home button which allows quick navigation to Google Now, BlackBerry Hub or search is a really nice touch too. If nothing else, the BlackBerry Venice is still an extremely exciting device even though we’re finding out so much about it in the news – just goes to show that BlackBerry still knows their stuff.

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Source: BlackBerryOS.com via Droid-life