Arnold Kim
Arnold is the Editorial Director of MacRumors and founded the site in February, 2000.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold Kim's Articles
iPhone Camping Begins, 5th Avenue NYC [Updated]
The first iPhone campers have established their place in line at the New York City 5th Avenue Apple Store. Gizmodo has posted a brief video interview:
Meanwhile, we've heard that some Apple Stores have already started receiving iPhone shipments.
Update: It seems he has a Blog....
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Possible iPhone Data Plan Pricing?
Boy Genius Report claims that their sources indicate that the iPhone's data plan will be around $34.99-$44.99 per month and feature unlimited data transfer. The text message allotment appears to be up in the air between either 2000 text messages or unlimited text.
Boy Genius Report also states that FedEx will be holding deliveries to retail stores until Friday itself, so stores will only be...
AT&T Wireless Store Down for Maintenance [Updated]
AT&T's iPhone and entire wireless site is down for maintenance.
Some are hoping that this may represent addition of rate plan information prior to the iPhone launch.
Update: The site is back up, with no new revelations in plan...
iPhone Pre-Launch Hype Continues
With only 4 days until the iPhone launch, the build up continues.
We are collecting iPhone Questions for early adopters in our active iPhone Forum.
For those unwilling to wait in line for an iPhone on Friday, Craigslist offers ads for people willing to wait in line for you.
CultofMac claims...
iPhone 2 at MWSF 2008?
Smarkofficenews.com.au claims to have heard that Apple is talking to manufacturing partners in Asia about the next generation iPhone: Among the new capabilities will be GPS and expanded WiFi capability as well as the ability to sync with email servers. Apple research and development executives are according to sources in Taiwan trying to overcome a lack of expanded media support for Flash memory.
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WWDC Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Videos
Someone posted video clips to Brightcove demonstrating Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (WWDC Build).
[Removed per request of Apple]
The videos appear to have been recorded with Ambrosia Software's utility Snapz Pro X 2.1.0 which was just released with both Universal Binary and Mac OS...
Stress Testing the iPhone
The USA Today article we had previously referenced also contains an interesting sidebar interviewing Balsu Thandu, one of the individuals who has been field testing the iPhone over the past two months.
Approximately 200 field technicians have been secretly testing the iPhone for 10 weeks, logging over 10,000 hours on the phone, including over 5,000 hours of voice calls and 5 gigabytes of data...
iPhone Guided Tour and Site Redesign
As noted by forum reader CoolOSXApps, Apple has posted an online guided tour of the iPhone on their website today. The 20 minute tour Quicktime movie may be viewed in small, medium, and large formats or downloaded for later viewing.
Meanwhile, Apple has redesigned their iPhone pages again.
From the tour:
- you can view Excel, Word and PDF email attachments.
- driving directions and...
iPhone Early Cancellation Fee $175
Boston.com is reporting that iPhone subscribers will have to pay $175 to break their two year contract. Even though AT&T isn't subsidizing the iPhone's hefty price -- $499 to $599, depending on the storage capacity a customer chooses -- the company will charge a $175 termination...
Apple iPhone Displays at Apple Stores (and AT&T Stores) [Updatedx3]
It appears that Apple iPhone displays are going up at Apple Stores. TUAW noted that a "large, covered rectangular display" appeared at the 5th Avenue Apple Store last night. They've also posted a small gallery of images of the shrouded display. Apple Store employees were reportedly unable to give out any further information.
The displays have been revealed at other locations and show large...
iPhone Voice and Data Plan Rates to Come
iLounge reports on comments by AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel which indicates that AT&T will be releasing iPhone voice and data rate plans prior to launch day (June 29th). "We will disclose before the 29th," said Siegel, noting that customers will be able to show up at stores that day knowing how much they will be charged for both the Apple-developed hardware and AT&T's cellular service plans.
It's...
More iPhone Sightings
As we approach the iPhone release (8 days away), there have been increasing reports of iPhone sightings. We can never be sure about the legitimacy of these reports or photos, so they are provided for interest's sake. This shot was reportedly taken at an airport:
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Portions have been blurred and scaled to protect the individual's privacy. The increase in...
More Google iPhone Apps on the Way
As noted by iLounge, ZDNet reports on Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt's comments in Paris about Google and Apple.
In particular, Schmidt showed off his iPhone and hinted at future applications: "iPhone is a powerful new device and is going to be particularly good for the apps that Google is building. You should expect other announcements from the two companies over time"
AT&T's Glen Lurie made...
New iPhone Television Ad: Youtube [Official Video]
After the announcement that the iPhone will offer Youtube videos, a new iPhone television advertisement has started airing. The new ad was spotted this morning on ESPN, and captured/uploaded by msdvideo:
Update: Official Video has been posted by...
Apple iPhone Preparation and Testing
USAToday reports on preparations AT&T is making for the iPhone launch on Friday, June 29th.
AT&T has added 2,000 extra sales people to stores in anticipation of the iPhone launch. AT&T's senior vice president of sales reveals that regions will not have equal stockpiles of iPhones: Carter would not say which stores will have the biggest iPhone stockpiles, but allowed that iPod users are a...
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.10
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.4.10 through their Mac OS X Software Update:
The 10.4.10 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently running Mac OS X Tiger. This update includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies:
- RAW camera support
- Mounting and unmounting...
YouTube Live Today on Apple TV & Coming to the iPhone [Update]
Apple has announced that YouTube content is available on the Apple TV today and will be coming to the iPhone upon its launch on June 29th. Apple today announced that iPhone users will be able to enjoy YouTube's originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube's content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or...
SSH on iPhone
WebShell is a web-based AJAX interface for the Apple iPhone.
It requires users to install the Python application on the server they would like to access via SSH. They will then be able to access the server through a web browser.
For security reasons, they do recommend the use of https SSL/TLS if you are accessing your machine...
Data Plan Optional? AT&T Activation
Unconfirmed but potentially true tidbits coming down the line:
The data plan for the iPhone will be "required" but may be canceled online after the sale. Meanwhile, Apple Stores will only be selling the iPhone itself but have nothing to do with cellular service activation itself. Instead, this will go through an automated service through...
iPhone Acquisition Strategies, Data Plan Info Soon?
Many readers have been discussing acquisition strategies for obtaining an iPhone on the first day it goes on sale (June 29th). So far, information has been limited.
Apple's most recent press release gives us essentially all the information we know about where to get one: iPhone will be sold in the US through Apples retail and online stores, and through AT&Ts select retail stores.
Steve Jobs...
