Google is to sell its Motorola division to Lenovo for nearly $3bn ( 2.19 euros).<br /><br />It is the Chinese computer maker’s second major deal on US soil in a week.<br /><br />While it marks a hasty retreat by Google from the mobile phone handset business, the company is to keeping its lucrative patents including the Android smartphone and tablet softwear.<br /><br />Analysts claim Google originally bought Motorola to secure its trove of patents and were surprised it didn’t sell off the hardware division immediately.
