[robertlagrant]

I feel a bit silly now that I always thought Motorola was an Asian company.

[Cd00d]

I had assumed it was European. I put it next to Qualcomm.

Now that I fact check myself, Qualcomm isn't based in Scandinavia like I thought, but rather San Diego. I guess I just mix all hot-hardware companies of the '90s in with Ericsson!

What next??

[belval]

Glad I am not the only one, for some reason I assumed it was Japanese. I think it's because the name really doesn't sound American at all.

[yborg]

According to company legend, the name was a combination of "Motor" and "Victrola"; the company founder Paul Galvin made some of the earliest car radios, and the Victrola brand name was well-known at the time for its phonographs.

[DerekL]

Well, part of it is now. Google sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo.