No. Its not venice when it launches.
And no, its not android. The reuters report mislead. (Remember the last time they also say bbry screw up when bbry didn't?) Not the first time the discredit bbry.
I didn't say it is going to be "Venice" at launch, that's just a code name as of this point. If anything else, maybe they would reuse the Storm branding.
As to whether it was Android, John had alluded to this awhile back for that super secure phone they were building for Boeing or something and as of now, just speculations. I am skeptical of their claims that they can secure Android; QNX has the security baked in ground up, not so easy to port.