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Google has sold struggling US mobile phone company Motorola Mobility to Chinese computer maker Lenovo for $2.91bn (£1.8bn), in a surprise move.

Google had paid $12.5bn for the company less than two years ago.

Lenovo plans to build up its smartphone unit through the Motorola purchase, which may help offset its slowing personal computer business.

However, Google will keep the majority of Motorola's lucrative patents, which include one for Android software.

In a statement, Google said the smartphone market was "super competitive" and that Motorola would "be better served by Lenovo".

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25956284

lenovo bought IBM server and now motorola mobility, cool

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now, lenovo is the one of the biggest smartphone vendors along with samsung and apple

I think its the right decision, Google better focus on software business, in this case Android and all the patent related

thats why although google sold motorola, Google keep the patent  ;)

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