BlackBerry's rumored Android smartphone pic lieaks onlineJuly 4, 2015 - 12:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There's a chance that the image on the left could be BlackBerry's rumored Android smartphone, Digital Spy reports. Well-known leaker Evan Blass shared a press render model which he claims is the company's first Android-powered smartphone, codenamed Venice. The phone - which is apparently a slider - appears to feature Android Lollipop with the usual stock apps from Google as well as BBC, Evernote, Candy Cam, Bing and the Canada Post. There are also shortcut icons on the home screen to call and text contacts. If the device does feature a physical keyboard as previously rumoured, this image could only support the idea that the keyboard appears when the user slides the screen up. BlackBerry briefly showed off a smartphone with the slider keyboard at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, but is yet to reveal any further details about it. The firm has already dabbled in cross-platform products with the launch of its BES12 enterprise mobility management software, which is compatible with iOS, Android, Windows and BlackBerry devices. BlackBerry was once a major player in the customer smartphone world, but now has a global market share of less than 1%. CEO John Chen recently refused to rule out the possibility of making a handset that runs the Google operating system, citing security as the deciding factor. Photo: @evleaks Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |