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
Apple TV Orders Shipping
The first Apple TV orders are shipping from Apple. Many users received their shipping notifications overnight and the first batch of Apple TV's are on their way.
It appears Australian orders have been moved back to March 27th. Meanwhile, Apple stores have started getting inventory in, but are unable to post materials until at least Wednesday.
The Apple TV was originally scheduled to...
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Apple Posts WWDC 2007 Session Descriptions
Apple has posted some details on the various conference sessions that will be available at the Worldwide Developer's Conference 2007.
The sessions are divided into 6 tracks:
- Leopard Innovations
- Mac OS X Essentials
- Information Technologies
- Developer Tools
- Graphics and Imaging
- Content and Media
The Leopard session descriptions are not particularly revealing, but does...
Apple TV Shipping: "3-5 Business Days"
Apple's online store now reflects a new expected shipping date for new Apple TV orders:
Early U.S. Apple Store orders still show a March 20th ship date. Australian orders have been moved back to March 27th.
Meanwhile, Apple stores have started getting inventory in, but are unable to post materials until at least Wednesday.
Update: Customers are reporting they have received shipping ...
Nanya PCB wins PCB Contract for iPhone
EMSNow cites the China Economic News Service which reports that Nanya Printed Circuit Board Corporation will be supplying at least 30% of Apple iPhone printed circuit board orders and is scheduled to deliver them in April.
This appears to be citing the same article as a previous report also indicating that iPhone component manufacturers are planning on shipping by...
Google Mobile Phone in the Works?
This past week, there has been some buzz about the possibility of a Google mobile phone. Google is developing its own mobile phone, according to industry insiders and analysts, while a Google official in Spain last week acknowledged the company is investigating such a project.
Google isn't commenting on the device but it has been described as a "low-cost, Internet-connected phone with a color,...
Apple TV Shipping Tuesday, March 20th?
Investor's Business Daily reports that the Apple TV will be shipping on Tuesday. This information is not particularly top-secret, as all early web-orders for the Apple TV reflect a March 20th ship date.
The Apple TV was originally set to be shipping in February, but was delayed until March.
Apple has already seeded users with software updates to support the upcoming product. iTunes 7.1...
Apple iPhone Components Shipping in April?
Appleinsider relays a report by China Economic News Service which claims that iPhone component suppliers are expected to begin delivery of their materials to manufacturing facilities by "early April."
If true, this could suggest that rumors that the iPhone may begin shipping early might have some truth to them.
That being said, Apple has maintained that the iPhone will be shipping in...
Macworld San Francisco Attendance Up 19%
Macworld.co.uk reports that Macworld San Francisco 2007 had "record-breaking" attendance with 45,572 attendees in 2007, compared to 38,441 in 2006.
Apple introduced the iPhone at Macworld 2007, which certainly helped to draw the record...
Flash Memory and Apple iPods and Laptops
An increasing number of reports are pointing to Apple using more Flash memory in various components in the near future.
Rumors of all flash iPods and flash-booting laptops have been circulating for months. These rumors are reinforced by predictions that Flash memory prices are expected to tumble this year. Prices for NAND flash memory chips are projected to crater this year, tumbling by a...
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.9 and iPhoto 6.0.6
Apple has finally released the Mac OS X 10.4.9 updater to users through the Mac OS X Software Update tool:
The 10.4.9 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently running Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.8 and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies: - RAW camera support
...
Apple iPhone Ad on the NYC 5th Avenue Store
Looks like Apple is continuing to build awareness for the Apple iPhone. On Monday March 12th, workers at the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York City posted a large iPhone ad on one full side of the glass structure.
The ad showed an iPhone with the words "Introducing iPhone. Apple reinvents the phone." Photos were taken by Matthew Yohe:
For unknown reasons, the ad was...
Apple TV Orders Being Charged to Credit Cards
Several individuals who ordered the Apple TV early have noticed that today (March 12th) their credit cards have been charged the full amount for their Apple TV order. No shipping notices have yet been issued and the "ship date" on the order status page still reflects a March 20th shipping date. A discussion thread at Apple also reflects these happenings.
Retail Apple stores are expecting...
Mac OS X 10.4.9 Build 8P135 (PPC) and 8P2137 (Intel) Seeded
Apple has released another Mac OS X 10.4.9 seed to developers last night. Apple has had a number of developer seeds for the 10.4.9 build over the past few months, with users expecting the final update to be released any day.
This release lists only one known issue: "After installing the reversioner and this update, AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 may show up in Software Updates...
8-core Mac Pro Leak at Apple UK? [Update]
Apple's UK Store leaks some information which suggests that 8-Core Mac Pros are coming soon.
When searching for "Mac" in the UK Apple Store, the listing for the Mac Pro is:
Mac Pro
Now quad-core or 8-core processing power.
Configure yours today.
Rumors that Apple would incorporate two of Intel's Quad-core chips into a Mac Pro to produce an 8-core Mac Pro have been ongoing since late...
Power Efficient Quad-Core Xeons
Macworld notes that Intel is officially announcing the availability of more power-efficient quad-core Xeon processors to be available today.
The new Xeon L5320 and L5310 processors consume only 12.5 watts of electricity per core, using 35-60% less power than the existing quad-core Xeons. The L5320 operates at 1.86 GHz and the L5310 at 1.60 GHz. They both feature 8M bytes of on-die cache for...
New UK 'Get a Mac' Ads
Macworld.co.uk reports that Apple has started airing new 'Get a Mac' ads in the UK: These include: Naughty Step where PC suggests that doing fun stuff should be punishable; Magic where PC exchanges a file with Mac to much funfair; and Court which examines how easy it is to make a photo book.
The new ads are now on Apple's UK website. There has been some criticism of the U.K. ads in how it...
Palm Responding to iPhone?
The New York Times writes about Palm's recent hire of Paul Mercer, a former Apple engineer, who most recently had founded Pixo. Pixo was a software that served as the basis for the original Apple iPod.
The article suggests that Mercer's work at Palm will involve some form of response to Apple's iPhone announcement. The designer, Paul Mercer, a former Apple computer engineer, began work three ...
Apple Adding H.264 Hardware Decoder Chip to Macs?
Robert Cringley claims that Apple is planning on incorporating dedicated H.264 decoding chips into future Mac hardware. Now comes the rumor I have heard, that I believe to be a fact, that has simply yet to be confirmed. I have heard that Apple plans to add hardware video decoding to ALL of its new computers beginning fairly soon, certainly this year.
The article claims that incorporating a...
Apple's iPhone OS X on Subnotebook
More details from analyst Shaw Wu's report about flash based Apple laptops indicate that he believes that Apple may deploy the iPhone's stripped down version of OS X on the rumored sub-notebook. "The 'mini' Mac OS X will be used. In terms of software, our sources indicate that Apple is leaning towards using the same "mini" version of Mac OS X used in the upcoming iPhone. We believe this will be...
AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002
Apple released Airport Extreme Update 2007-002 yesterday:
This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers and improves compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks.
This update includes the content from the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001, and addresses a security issue as described in:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305031
This...
