BlackBerry revenue miss puts hardware future in focus

By Euan Rocha and Alastair Sharp WATERLOO, Ontario/TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd plans to make a decision by September on the future of its beleaguered smartphone business, but its Chief Executive John Chen stressed on Friday he remains confident the company will have a profitable hardware segment by then. The smartphone industry pioneer has been pivoting to focus more on software and services as its smartphone market-share has dwindled, and its shares sank Friday after it reported a larger