Why Microsoft needs to address Windows Mobile — and phones — at Build 2017

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Microsoft needs to do a mea culpa for its mobile phone strategy and set the record straight. Next month at Build is a good time for CEO Satya Nadella to do just that.
In 2017, the commercial status of Windows Mobile is sealed and arguably has been ever since the Nokia "McLaren" was canceled in mid-2014. With Microsoft undoing the Nokia mobile acquisition and ending phone hardware with the Lumia 650 there has been little uptake by other manufacturers to fill that gap.

Nadella needs to say at Build next month exactly what Microsoft's plans (if any) are for its mobile ambitions. And to get around any cutesy wordplay with the term "mobile," I don't mean tablets and laptops, but phones.

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