“BlackBerry with Android and BlackBerry keyboard is called Priv ‘- Techzine

BlackBerry working for some time on new smartphones that no longer run on BlackBerry 10, but on Android. The unit with the sliding keyboard was known as the BlackBerry Venice, but will be named BlackBerry Priv that says Evan Blass on Twitter.

BlackBerry will probably called Priv emphasize private (private) or privacy. BlackBerry has been the specialist when it comes to secure and encrypted smartphones. Unfortunately, the company does not quickly enough tap into everyday functionality allowing Android and iOS have gotten the upper hand in the smartphone market. Now it BlackBerry trying to be a little come back into the market through its enterprise services such as encryption and secure environments to make available on Android.

To make the arrival of BlackBerry to Android more convincing it also wants to be active with its own Android smartphones. One of the first BlackBerry Android smartphones will be the BlackBerry Private. A smartphone with a touchscreen but also with a sliding physical QWERTY keyboard. The touchscreen will reportedly a size of 5.4 inches. On the inside would have opted for a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 chip with 3GB RAM.

When can we expect the new BlackBerry is unclear, but given the amount of information gets out there, we expect this year. Or the BlackBerry device also going to release in the Netherlands, however, is still questionable. There are already proving leaked that existing BlackBerry smartphones have the option to update to Android. Or Blackberry eventually completely takes leave of its own operating system is still unclear.