OK...I had to put a questionmark at the end of that headline, but it seems pretty certain: Blackberry is set to release an Android-powered smartphone.
It's called (and this could be a development codename) the Blackberry Venice and it will probably have a slide-out keyboard.
Blackberry sales have been plummeting for years, mainly because the Blackberry 10 operating system simply isn't hacking it.
But its hardware has remained top notch.
So, it looks like the phone-company-formally-known-as-RIM is now banking on a winner by fusing its hardware with Google's market-leading OS.
No doubt it will have enhanced security and - hopefully - holdovers from Blackberry 10, like the excellent messaging hub.
Blackberry has even gone to the trouble of registering the domain name AndroidSecured.com:
The photo at the top of this post comes from @evleaks, who knows what he's talking about when it comes to leaking mobiles. Here's another:
It seems the Blackberry Venice will be released this year...possibly in November.
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