From CNET: Many of the leading handset vendors have a hand -- or at least a pinky -- in both the Android and Windows Phone worlds.
Motorola, one of the major handset companies to embrace Android early on, became a division of Google in 2012.
Google made no secret that Motorola's patent portfolio -- rather than its handset business -- was the main reason it acquired a company that once led the Windows Mobile market with its slim BlackBerry-like "Q" smartphone.
However, the Motorola handset business is now on the verge of belonging to Lenovo, which plans to use the brand to build its presence in the North American smartphone market.
With Nokia handsets officially under Microsoft as of late April, the last thing one would expect is a phone that uses Android. But in the months leading up to the acquisition and presumably with Microsoft's knowledge, Nokia launched its X family of smartphones.
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