New clearer images get up close with the BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider

BlackBerry may not be the force it once was in the consumer smartphone market, but there’s certainly a degree of excitement and anticipation for its next release. The device codenamed ‘Venice’ has already been leaked ad nauseam, and besides taking us on a trip down memory lane with the slide-out keyboard mechanism, another draw seems to be the handset’s heavy investment in Google’s Android. BB10, like Microsoft’s Windows Phone software, has often failed to court a market heavily influenced by iOS and Android. But if the idea of a BlackBerry running on Android Lollipop piques your interest, then …

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