Earlier here on BBB we published a rumor that was floating around the wireless elite about the new iTunes phone. According to those in the ‘know,’ Motorola scrapped their new iTunes phone intro at the last minute due to concerns from wireless carriers. In an attempt to deflect attention away from their precarious relationship with carriers, Motorola now claims that the delay was due to none other than Steve Jobs:

In response to a question about why Motorola did not show its upcoming iTunes phone at the Cebit technology fair in Germany Motorola said it tends to display its products before they go on the market but Apple’s Chief Executive Steve Jobs does not.
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“Steve’s perspective is that you launch a product on Sunday and sell it on Monday.” he added.
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He also downplayed a question about whether the reason Motorola did not unveil the phones at Cebit was because of a disagreement with mobile phone carriers.

“I’ve got lots of carriers fighting to be the first one we go with,” Garriques said in an interview.

Those execs are really bright. I almost believed them. Then again, pissing Steve Jobs off has worked so well for Eisner maybe they figured they could just follow in his footsteps.