Motorola have been a bit of a burden on Google, the sale will see a huge loss with the patent book not being worth much in the eyes of the court and $3billion is small change on the investment which also saw Motorola stay in the red for the last few years; not a penny made in profit.I cant help but think that Lenovo will make a shed load of people redundant and the brand will become a budget OEM that will fade into obscurity.
Lenovo themselves have been kicked about like a hot potato nobody wants, and seems like they will smoother Motorola but I could be wrong.
For the consumer this could see the end of the new improved Motorola as we know them, which is a massive loss to all things Android - I for one will avoid Moto if this goes though.