Here’s a monumental PR coup for Google, even better than Woz’s little faux pas. The world’s most geekiest man, Linux innovator Linus Torvalds, told the world on his blog this weekend that’s he’s a massive fan of Google’s new Nexus One Android phone.
It’s not all Triple-A PR heaven for Google, mind – Torvalds admitted to owning a first-gen T-Mobile G1, but said never used it. Here’s what he had to say about the Nexus One:
“But I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner. I wasn’t enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. I’ve wanted to have a GPS unit for my car anyway, and I thought that google navigation might finally make a phone useful.
And it does. What a difference! I no longer feel like I’m dragging a phone with me “just in case” I would need to get in touch with somebody – now I’m having a useful (and admittedly pretty good-looking) gadget instead. The fact that you can use it as a phone too is kind of secondary.”
And there she is! Linus is probably having a whale of a time rooting the thing and installing custom ROMs on it right at this very moment, we know what he’s like. Read more over at TechCrunch.
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Linux founder Linus Torvalds is a BIG fan of Google’s Nexus One
