Apple Unhappy About 60GB iPod Announcement

Apple executives are reported to be 'more than a little mad' Wednesday after published reports that the company would be soon producing 60GB iPods.

Deputy Manager Cindy Lee is reported to have said the drive will be in mass production in July or August. Although the story doesn’t quote Lee directly, it leaves few details to the imagination that a new drive is coming soon and Apple will be using it in future iPods; Apple doesn’t use Toshiba’s miniature drives in anything but iPods.

According to a story at ThinkSecret.com, Sources inside Apple confirmed late Wednesday that company executives are wondering how the news could have leaked.

“Somebody opened their big mouth and either it was taken out of context or was ‘off-the-record’ or this person really did just confirm it all,” said a hard drive industry analyst familiar with how technology companies work business relationships. “There is no good way to handle this now. Toshiba screwed up and it could have major consequences, depending on how upset Steve Jobs is.”

Read more at ThinkSecret.