Whether you name it Lenovorola or Moto-Novo, you have to call this week’s sale the biggest news to Android(s goog) as a whole in a long time. Lenovo agreed to pay $2.91 billion to Google for Motorola and that price includes a cross-licensing agreement of the Motorola patents that Google acquired in 2011. Lenovo will also get 2,000 patents of its own out of the deal.

As I noted during the week, Lenovo effectively bought market share in regions where it has little to no brand presence. Think of North and Latin America in particular here, although there are other areas where the company will benefit too. Add the smartphone sales of Lenovo and Motorola in 2013 and you get the new no. 3 handset maker in the world as Lenovo jumps past LG and Huawei in the global market.

I think the deal is a good one for…