Lenovo said the Motorola brand would be used in North America, Latin America and Europe, and the Lenovo brand will be used in China and emerging markets. Lenovo wouldn't say for sure if the majority of Motorola manufacturing would stay in the US, and said it would look at what's most effective. Lenovo wants eventually to sell 100 million smartphones a year, Yuanqing said. Following the deal's announcement, Google's stock rose more than 2 per cent in extended trading Wednesday afternoon. Google will be holding its quarterly earnings call Thursday afternoon, where we suspect we'll hear plenty more about Google's reasoning behind selling.