Better late than never, right? Now that BlackBerry has finally decided to jump on the Android bandwagon, people are waiting to see whether or not that’ll be enough to save the company from extinction. Obviously, we’ll have to wait until the BlackBerry PRIV is actually released before we know for certain, but if this official demonstration video is anything to go by, I’d say there’s a pretty good chance that the PRIV saves BlackBerry’s handset business.ย
Earlier today we saw Carphone Warehouse give us a quick hands-on with the upcoming BlackBerry PRIV, one that was much better than that awkward demo their CEO gave us a few weeks ago.ย In either case, if youโre looking for something a little more official, BlackBerry has uploaded their own PRIV demo, an introduction of sorts, highlighting the phoneโs exclusive new features. At 41 seconds the video isnโt long, but we do get to see BlackBerryโs new shortcuts, BlackBerry Hub, and physical keyboard gestures (look at the flicka da wrist!). In other words, itโs just enough to get our mouths watering. See for yourself.ย Keep in mind the video is unlisted (meaning even if you were subscribed to BlackBerryโs YouTube channel, you wouldnโt have been notified it was uploaded) and was only sent out to those who signed up for BlackBerryโs PRIV newsletter. If you havenโt โ and you planned on picking up this phone โ you may want to do that now.