Microsoft Is Not Dropping the ''Windows Mobile'' Name

Recently, there have been news reports that said Microsoft is going to change the name of its operating system for smartphones from "Windows Mobile" to "Windows phone". This is a confused version of what's actually going on. 

Scott D. Rockfeld, group product manager for Windows Mobile, has this explaination:

We introduced the term "Windows phone" to the industry at Mobile World Congress as a way to make it easy for consumers to identify the set of phones with Windows software and services on them. However, we will still use the term "Windows Mobile" to identify the operating system releases (e.g. - 6.1, 6.5). But ultimately, we want customers to be able to go into a retail store and say, "I want a Windows phone!"

Source: Microsoft