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A new Blackberry Z10 smartphone is displayed at a store in New York in this file photo taken March 22, 2013. BlackBerry Ltd has agreed a licensing deal with Amazon.com Inc that will let the Canadian smartphone maker offer some 240,000 Android applications from Amazon's app store on its line-up of BlackBerry 10 devices this fall. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files Reuters

Blackberry Venice will be released by all major carriers in the United States in November. The tech company may have fallen behind its competitors over the past few years, but launching the its new smartphone with a sliding keyboard and an Android software has put it back in the industry's top tech giants.

According to Tech Times, Blackberry has been struggling to stay afloat in the highly competitive tech market today, that it decided to forego its Blackberry OS. As stated in the report, the Blackberry Venice will reportedly run on Google's very popular Android operating system. Plus, it will also be launched with some pre-installed apps from Microsoft, such as Bing and Skype.

This particular upcoming device has been the subject of many rumored leaks so far. More details regarding the smartphone has just been unveiled courtesy of EVLeaks, a known tech tipster. It was this tipster who confirmed that Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T will all be launching the Blackberry Venice come November.

EVLeaks revealed, through leaked images of the Blackberry Venice, that the device will be featuring a sliding physical keyboard, apart from an on-screen keyboard. Still, the sliding one can still be used for opening documents, typing long messages and emails.

Plus, as seen in the photos, it would appear that the unit will come out running with Google services, complete with Google Play Store for Android Lollipop. Furthermore, it will also be released with a user interface that allows Blackberry data transfer, as well as a mail client and Chromecast support.

It has also been previously reported that the Blackberry Venice will be boasting of a 5.4-inch capacitative touch screen display with a Quad HD 2,560 x 1,440 pixel resolution. It will also feature 3 GB of RAM, a hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, a 5-megapixel front camera and an 18-megapixel rear camera with OIS, or optical image stabilization - one that is pre-installed with an auto-focus feature an LED flash.

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