September 12, 2007 (Macworld UK) -- Toshiba Corp. is developing technologies intended to enable future generations of the iPod Classic to boost capacity to 240GB.The company recently introduced a 160GB 1.8-in. drive that is now available in this model. This is actually two 80GB platters joined together inside Apple Inc.'s iPod.Now the company is upping the ante, revealing plans to boost maximum capacity in its 1.8-in. drives to 120GB; two such drives could be combined to offer iPods with 240GB capacity.The company has developed a prototype 120GB drive that improved on the perpendicular magnetic recording technology used in the current generation of drives.Toshiba plans to mass produce the drives in 2009.
