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
New Apple iPhone Apps and Apple TV Updates to Come
Apple made some interesting comments today during their Q2 Financial Results regarding their plans with the iPhone and Apple TV in the coming months.
The webcast was opened with a prepared statement, where Apple describes how they are planning to use subscription based accounting to document the income from the iPhone as well as the Apple TV. This means that income from these devices will be...
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Apple's Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results: $770 Million Profit
Apple released their second quarter 2007 financial results today.
Apple posted revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share. This compares to revenue of $4.36 billion and net profit of $410 million in the year-ago quarter (Q2 2006).
Apple shipped 1,517,000 Macs and 10,549,000 iPods this quarter, representing a 36% increase in growth in Macs...
Apple Board Members Response to Fred Anderson
Apple has released a press release regarding Fred Anderson's public statement yesterday. The press release reads: Apple Board Members Bill Campbell, Millard Drexler, Albert Gore Jr., Arthur D. Levinson, Eric Schmidt and Jerry York today released the following statement
We are not going to enter into a public debate with Fred Anderson or his lawyer. Steve Jobs cooperated fully with Apples...
AT&T iPhone Q&A for Employees
Engadget mobile posts an internal AT&T employee Q&A document on Apple's upcoming iPhone.
The document essentially rehashes known information but the highlights includes:
Availability June 2007
4GB $499, 8GB $599.
Available in Cingular company-owned retail stores, direct mail, Apple stores, and Apple.com
"No subsidies are being offered on the phone at this time"
Access to...
Apple Recruiting for iPhone Support Techs
AfterCollege.com is advertising a job for a Senior iPhone Support Representative for Apple, Inc. in Austin, TX.
The full time position requires applications by no later than May, as training classes begin that month. The Sr. iPhone Support Representative is responsible for answering questions for Apple customers and partners. Viewed as an escalation point, the candidate should be able to...
SEC Settles with Anderson, Pursuing Heinen [Updated: Apple Cleared]
As followup to the ongoing backdating story at Apple, Reuters reports that former Apple CFO Fred Anderson has settled with the SEC regarding the backdating issues surrounding Apple.
The settlement includes a $150,000 fine and repayment of option gains of about $3.5 million. This settlement avoids any admission of wrongdoing from the former CFO.
Meanwhile, it appears that the SEC will...
iQuiz Game Now Available
Following an inadvertant peek last week. Apple has released iQuiz trivia game (iTunes Link) for the 5th generation iPods on the Apple iTunes Store: Get your trivia fix with iQuiz, the fast-paced entertainment trivia game designed in a portable format. Put your pop culture knowledge to the test with questions about music, movies and TV shows."...
AT&T to Target iPhone to Business Customers?
Macworld reports that AT&T (formerly Cingular) plans on marketing Apple's upcoming iPhone to business users. Cingular, which was acquired by AT&T, recently decided that the iPhone will appeal to business users and the operator is now working hard to ensure that its backend enterprise billing and support systems will accommodate the device when it ships, said a source familiar with the companys...
'Santa Rosa' Shipping from Intel Next Month (May)
Businessweek reports on Intel's upcoming mobile initiative, with a report confirming that the Intel "Santa Rosa" platform will be launching next month (May). The Intel executive also noted that Intel's Santa Rosa platform will start shipping in notebooks from next...
Amazon to Sell Unprotected MP3s?
Times Online reports that Amazon has approached all the major music studios about selling unprotected MP3s online.
According to the article, Amazon is aiming to launch this new music store next month in order to challenge Apple's own iTunes store. Apple and EMI made headlines earlier this month by announcing that they would be selling EMI's music catalog on iTunes without any form of digital...
New Apple UK 'Get a Mac' Ads
Apple UK posted a new ad to the Apple UK site entitled "Office Posse". The ad demonstrates that Microsoft Office runs on the...
Leopard: Broadcasting Apps Over iChat
Appleinsider points to a Leopard Developer page which details Leopard's upcoming Instant Message framework which allows developers to take advantage of Leopard's new "iChat Theater" functionality.
iChat theater was first described when Apple first released details of Leopard last year: Why wait for a darkened room and a projector to present vacation photos or Keynote slides? With Leopard, you...
Apple Q2 2007 Financial Results on April 25, 2007
Apple will be webcasting a discussion of their Q2 2007 Financial Results on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Please note that comments made during this call may include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. For more information on the factors that could influence results, please refer...
Jobs Likely to Avoid Criminal Charges in Options Probe
Mercury News reports that based on their investigation, there is little evidence to support criminal charges against Steve Jobs for the stock-option backdating investigation that first made headlines in June 2006. Despite Apple's disclosure that...
MacBook Hacking Contest Won ($10,000)
Macworld reports on a winning "hack" claimed by Shane Macaulay and Dino Dai Zovi for the Hack a Mac contest at CanSecWest this week.
The conference and contest took place between April 18-20th in Vancouver, British Columbia: CanSecWest organizers will set up the MacBooks with their own access point and all security updates...
Target to Carry Apple TVs?
Appleinsider claims that Target stores will begin carrying Apple's new Apple TV at retail locations by the end of the month.
Target will reportedly mimic Apple Stores with a full demonstration unit connected to a widescreen HDTV. No further details on the size of the launch are available, but Target ...
Apple Releases Security Update 2007-004
Apple has released Security Update 2007-004 for Mac OS X today.
Security Update 2007-004 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:
AFP Client, AirPort, CarbonCore, diskdev_cmds, fetchmail, ftpd, gnutar, Help Viewer, HID Family, Installer, Kerberos, Libinfo, Login Window, network_cmds,...
More on Apple iPhone Issues
Arstechnica's blog provides some confirmation of earlier reports that Apple's iPhone is going through last-minute quality control and development issues.
An earlier report claimed Apple had run into several issues with the iPhone's software as well as some concerns about Battery life.
Ars claims that according to their source that Apple has "50 OS engineers working around the clock in...
Gartner: Apple's Q1 2007 Marketshare Up from 2006
MacDailyNews republishes numbers from a preliminary report by Gartner on 1st quarter 2007 PC marketshare results. The numbers reveal an 8.9% worldwide increase in PC shipments, and a 2.6% U.S. increase in PC shipments compared to the same period last year.
HP now commands the highest international marketshare (chart) with...
iPhone on Target for Late June
Reuters reports that an AT&T executive confirmed that the iPhone will be arriving "at the end of June". "Our expectations are good. Our testing has been good," said AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson. "The iPhone is on target to launch in June."
This is consistent with Apple's previous statements regarding the...
