· Acquiring Motorola can help Lenovo deliver more innovative products at a stroke. Tablets and smartphones have become a key growth engine for Lenovo, albeit a small one for the moment. New products that Lenovo launched in Q2 FY2013/14, such as the multimode Yoga and Miix2 tablets, brought strong sales to the vendor's mobile business. But heavy R&D investment in new tablet and smartphone products has hurt Lenovo's earnings and long-term profits. Acquiring Motorola from Google can help Lenovo offset this.