Apple quietly cuts the 40GB model of its Apple TV and reduces the price of the 160GB model to $229, following recent price cuts in the company’s other devices. Apple has made news in September on two fronts: introducing a revamped iTunes store and an iPod Nano with a built-in camera, and CEO Steve Jobs appearing at a public event for the first time since his lifesaving liver transplant earlier in 2009.
– Apple
has slashed the price of its 160GB Apple TV to $229, a fairly substantial
reduction from the original $329, while eliminating the original 40GB model
entirely from its product lineup. The adjustment was performed quietly, with
visitors to the Apple
Website on Sept. 14 noting that the Appl…