BlackBerry confirms it will end in-house hardware development, will outsource to partners instead

Ailing mobile phone giant BlackBerry has confirmed long-standing rumors that it would stop making hardware, and instead would focus on software and services.
Announcing its Q2 Fiscal 2017 financials today, BlackBerry revealed that it made a mere $352 million in the last quarter, down by more than $100 million year-on-year and down by $1.3 billion on three years previous. But buried within all the financial hullabaloo, CEO John Chen said that the company would now move to outsource its hardware m