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
Flash Based Apple Laptops... Again
Reuters reports on recent predictions made by Analyst Shaw Wu.
Wu revivies rumors that Apple will be incoporating Flash memory into upcoming notebook computers. The maker of the popular iPod music player and Macintosh computers hopes to introduce so-called flash memory in small computers known as subnotebooks in the second half of 2007
Advantages of the use of Flash memory would be longer...
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended - Coming Soon
Adobe announced that their spring release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 will bring a new "Extended" edition aimed at 3D and video professionals. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended will include all the features of the standard version, but also incorporate several new features: Render and incorporate 3D images into your 2D composites. Stop time with easy editing of motion graphics on video layers. And probe...
Peter Oppenheimer on Apple iPhone and Apple TV
Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer spoke at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference today. Macworld provides a summary, a full audio feed is available from Apple, and a transcript is available from Appleinsider.
In summary, Oppenheimer offers nothing particularly revealing and reaffirms that the Apple TV will be shipping this month.
One audience member asked directly if Apple would consider...
Apple and Google Working on More "New Things"
Marketwatch reports on comments made by Google's CEO Eric Schmidt Monday afternoon at a technology conference.
When asked about Apple and Google possibly working on a tablet-style computer, Schmidt stated that Apple and Google are "doing more and more things together. We have similar goals, similar competitors".
Schmidt current is a member of Apple's board of directors and spoke at the...
iTunes 7.1 (Apple TV Support) and Quicktime 7.1.5
Apple released software updates for iTunes and Quicktime today.
iTunes 7.1
Using iTunes 7.1, you can now enjoy your favorite iTunes movies, TV shows, music, and more from the comfort of your living room with Apple TV. iTunes 7.1 also supports a new full screen Cover Flow and improved sorting options to let you decide how iTunes should sort your favorite artists, albums, and songs. (Mac, Wind...
Apple Marketshare Increasing?
The Apple 2.0 blog points to new marketshare data from NetApplications showing that Apple's marketshare increased to 6.28% based on recent browser statistics: The results are based on a survey of browser visits to some 40,000 URLs and break the stats down between non-Intel (4.29%) and Intel (2.09%) machines.
This represents a 2.05 percentage point increase from six months ago based on their...
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9A377a Seeded
According to published reports on the internet, Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build 9A377a to developers.
The new seed contains a long list of known issues involving Time Machine, Safari, iChat, Spotlight, Finder and more. Meanwhile, only a few changes are explicitly listed in the seeding notes.
Apple is expected to release Leopard in "Spring"...
Independent Video ("That") For Sale on the iTunes Store
Variety reports on a new entity on the iTunes Store. Apple started selling "That" (iTunes Link) a 39 minute snowboarding direct-to-DVD action video by Forum Snowboards. According to the article this "is the first time iTunes has sold video content that didn't come from an established network, studio or distributor."
After 10 months of negotiations, Forum Snowboards accepted the $1.99 lower...
Tim Cook Speaks on Apple, iPhone, Apple TV
Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, spoke at a Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium today. The audio portion is available in Quicktime from Apple.com.
Cook fields questions about Apple, iPhone and more. Today the cell phone industry, a lot of people pay $0 for the cell phone. Guess why? That's what its worth! If we offer something that has tremendous value that is sort of...
New iPod Game: Ms. Pac Man
Namco has released a new game on the iTunes Store: Ms. Pac-Man (iTunes link) for $4.99.
The game is described as a "faithful reproduction of the world-famous arcade classic" and includes both "Original" gameplay mode as well as an iPod-optimized mode ("Normal"). Other features:
- Start the game at the highest maze level you've been able to beat
- Exit game mid-maze and resume
- Play...
Apple TV Delayed Until Mid-March [Updated]
Apple confirmed today that the Apple TV will be delayed until mid-March. "Wrapping up Apple TV is taking a few weeks longer than we projected, and we now expect to begin shipments mid-March," spokeswoman Lynn Fox said by email.
This is despite claims that they would be reaching their February launch. Apple officially announced the Apple TV at Macworld San Francisco for a February ship date....
Coverflow on iPod? (Video)
Gizmodo claims to have a video from a updated iPod with firmware that allows it to display Coverflow. A somewhat convincing video accompanies the article. (Youtube link).
Gizmodo has historically been very liberal about posting Apple rumors in the past, and despite the video, leaks from Apple have never previously come in the form of video footage.
The site claims that the update will come ...
Apple iPhone Teaser Ad Airs During Oscars [Updatex3]
Apple aired their teaser ad for the Apple iPhone during the Oscars tonight. The ad has run multiple times during the Oscars.
The advertisement started with a collection of scenes from television and film with actors saying "Hello" on a telephone. The scenes are played in rapid succession, and the iPhone appears on the screen. Then a black screen with the words: "Hello" ... then ......
Happy Birthdays 2007: Steve Jobs and MacRumors
Today marks the Steve Jobs' 52nd birthday and MacRumors.com's 7th birthday.
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 and later co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, but later returned in 1997 after Apple bought NeXT (also founded by Jobs). Steve Jobs is Apple's current CEO.
MacRumors.com began on February 24, 2000 as a site to consolidate...
Hidden Details from iPhone Keynote Speech
Actioncorp TV posts an interesting video (Youtube) detailing some features of the iPhone which were glossed over during the keynote.
These "hidden" features include:
- Calendar screenshot, and interface
- Google maps traffic
- Letter tapping to "jump" in lists
- Ringtone syncing from iTunes
Actioncorp TV has also posted a higher quality version on their website.
Apple...
Apple to Advertise iPhone during Academy Awards
Macworld reports that Apple will be featuring a teaser advertisement for the iPhone during the Academy Awards (Oscars) this Sunday.
Macworld was unable to get any further details about the ad but "the new ad was described as being made for the Oscars".
The 79th Academy Awards airs this Sunday at 8 pm Eastern. Apple introduced the iPhone at Macworld San Francisco and is not expected to be...
Apple TV In-Store Displays on March 5th
Tuaw reports that current plans for in-store Apple TV displays are set for March 5th. Look for your local Apple retail store to have a nice, shiny new Apple TV display in their window on March 5th. The display will showcase the Apple TV hooked up to a very nice Sony Bravia (just like they did at Macworld), and will no doubt cause Apple TV lust to develop in the hearts of passers by.
This prompts ...
Analyst: Leopard Event and Ultra-Portables?
Analyst Ben Reitzes with UBS Investment Research published (via Appleinsider) another research report this week with a couple of new predictions about Apple.
- "We believe Apple is likely to hold another event by April or May to launch Leopard and/or other new Mac products (models with larger displays at least)"
- "Apple may push iPhone technology into other products, including Macs next...
Alcatel-Lucent Awarded $1.5 Billion from Microsoft over MP3 Patents
CNet reports that Microsoft has been hit with a $1.5 billion patent verdict over MP3 audio technology used in Windows since 2003.
Microsoft reportedly licensed the technology from Fraunhofer, a company that helped develop MP3 compression alongside Lucent's Bell Labs. Though details are scarce, Lucent apparently does not recognize Fraunhofer's (now Thomson) licensing as sufficient. The...
Apple Focusing on Existing Hardware Lines?
Recent comments to Prudential analysts indicate that Apple will be focusing on their existing product lines, rather than breaking into any "new categories":
In the meantime, Apple said it "doesnt expect to broadly proliferate into any new categories for a while," and will instead focus on its four existing product categories in Macs, iPods, iPhone and Apple TV.
This may dash some hopes of...
