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 Coming Earlier Than June?
Amidst the rumors of the new iPod Shuffles, one tidbit about the iPhone was missed.
ThinkSecret reports on chatter that the iPhone ship date may have been conservative. According to their sources, the iPhone may be shipping as early as April.
Meanwhile, Appleinsider has heard similar buzz of an April launch date.
Both reports appear to represent unconfirmed whispers, and Appleinsider...
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Microsoft Launched Vista on Tuesday
After years in development, and some delays, Microsoft's Vista launched to consumers today.
CNet and The New York Times report on the launch itself, which was met with only minimal excitement compared to the Windows 95 launch: But the launch itself was a quiet affair in a midtown CompUSA store (the chain had organized midnight events at several of its stores), where it seemed like there were...
Four $79 Products on Tuesday?
According to a couple of reports, there are four $79 Apple products coming on Tuesday.
Speculation points to Shuffle updates -- possibly in a number of colors... but others claim software...
Verizon Rejected iPhone Deal due to Apple's Terms
USA Today reports that Verizon Wireless rejected Apple's offer to carry the iPhone exclusively due to Apple's terms.
According to the article, Apple wanted "a percentage of the monthly cellphone fees, say over how and where iPhones could be sold and control of the relationship with iPhone customers."
This included limited distribution to Apple Stores and Verizon stores only, leaving...
Intel Demos 45nm Penryn Processors, Due by end of 2007
NY Times reports on an advance from Intel which is said to represent "the most significant change in the materials used to manufacture silicon chips since Intel pioneered the modern integrated-circuit transistor more than four decades ago."
Intel is moving towards the 45nm manufacturing process and demoed (CNet) 45-nm Penryn chips during a press briefing. The Penryn chips are said to be...
Apple U.K. Get a Mac Ads
Apple U.K. posted U.K. regional versions of the "Get a Mac" ads featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb of Mitchell and Webb.
The ads include Tentacle, Office at Home, Restarting, Virus, Trust Mac, and Pie Chart. Many of them appear to be refilmed versions of the U.S. ads with the exception of Tentacle and Office at Home which appear to be U.K. specific.
Apple Japan posted Japanese...
February 1st Apple Invite?
A flickr image post claims to be an invite to a February 1st Apple Event.
The invite reads "Should old acquaintance be forgot..."
The image is posted for interest sake and is not necessarily believed to be true....
Cingular/Rogers Not Subsidizing iPhone Cost?
Earlier today brought reports that Rogers would be providing the iPhone to Canadian customers. This confirms a word-of-mouth forum post made last week. Of interest, the post provided a little more information about the market dynamics between Apple and Rogers. Apparently, the [Canadian iPhone] prices won't be much higher than the US versions (just currency conversion I guess) and that they aren't...
More Touch Devices in the Future from Apple
UBS Research analyst Alex Gauna upgraded Broadcom's stock to "buy" based on beliefs that Apple will expand the use the touch-screen technology (which is based on a Broadcom chip) to other devices: UBS believes Apple may migrate the technology into other offerings, including iPods, notebooks and Apple's forthcoming television product, over time, Gauna wrote.
MacRumors Editor note: It seems...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2122)
According to published reports on the internet, for the third week in a row, Apple has seeded another build of Mac OS X 10.4.9 to developers. The newest seed build number is 8P2122 and comes in at 164.4 MB (Intel) and 70.3 MB (PPC). Unlike the last seed, this version has three known issues listed.
These items include stability issues with Wacom v600-3 drivers, iMovie and Entourage....
Thin MacBook with Bottom Mounted Optical Drive?
Unwiredview posts a report and photos from Apple's latest patent application.
The newest patent focuses on where to put the optical drive in a notebook computer. The drive itself is a pretty bulky thing. With all the necessary EMI shielding and structural integrity elements it gets even bigger. It is the biggest component of ultraportable laptop apart from LCD and keyboard. And it [wastes] even ...
AT&T/Cingular to Give Away 18 Months of iPhone Service? [Update]
Jim Cramer/RealMoney.com has notes from AT&T regarding their plans for the iPhone. His column suggests that AT&T will be using the iPhone to aggressively target customers and implies that they will provide significant discounts in service: Now, AT&T's all about market share, and if you read between the lines, I think you see a strategy coming where the device's $500 price point is preserved but...
WWDC 2007 June 10-15th?
Appleinsider believes that WWDC 2007 will take place between June 10-15th of this year. People familiar with the conference planning say the Cupertino-based Mac maker has reserved the dates of June 10th through the 15th for the event, with a keynote presentation by chief executive Steve Jobs slated for Monday the 11th.
Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) historically has taken place...
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9A343 Screenshots [Updatex2]
BabyGotMac posted some screenshots from the latest build of Leopard (9A343).
- 5 new screensavers using Core Animation: Arabesque, Retro, Security, Spectrum, and Word of the Day. (Site down)
- Terminal with Tabs. (Site down)
- Parental Controls. (Site down)
Leopard is expected in "Spring" 2007. A recent Page 2 Rumor suggests a Feb 20th Apple event, but this has not been confirmed.
Update...
Mac OS X Security Update 2007-001
Apple issued a security update for Mac OS X today. The update specifically addresses a possible security flaw in Quicktime: Impact: Visiting malicious websites may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of RTSP URLs. By enticing a user to access a maliciously-crafted RTSP URL, an attacker can trigger the buffer overflow, which may lead...
Apple Special Event on February 20th?
An unconfirmed report from AppleRecon claims that Apple will be holding a special event on February 20th to introduce Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), iLife '07, iWork '07 and updated Mac Pros. We have just gotten an anonymous tip from a source that indicates that Apple is planning a special event on February 20 to introduce Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), iLife 07 and iWork 07 as well as updated Mac Pros. Mac...
Keynote 4 Preview? Core Animation?
Brian Peat of Keynoteuser spent some time closely following Steve Jobs' version of the Apple Keynote presentation software during his Macworld Expo Keynote speech and provides a detailed breakdown of possible new features for the next version of Keynote. Interesting potential features include:
- New transitions, possibly Core Animation dependent: Seeing the new animation makes us think we...
Running Mac OS X on Generic PCs with Parallels/VMWare? [Update]
CNN profiles the growing Mac virtualization market that allows Mac users to run Windows (and other Intel operating systems) on their Macs.
An interesting side effect of this virtualization software is that it suddenly has also become easier for PC users to run Mac OS X on their PCs VMware's CEO Diane Greene told me last week that her company's existing x86 desktop product is already being used...
iPhone: PC Mag Review, Fingerworks, and Jeff Han
PCMag's Cade Metz was given the opportunity to play with the Apple iPhone for 10 minutes at Macworld San Francisco.
He provides his impressions from his brief time with the device. A day after Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone during his MacWorld keynote on Tuesday morning, I actually got my hands on one. For all of ten...
XScale ARM CPU in iPhone?
An IlSole24ore.com interview with Intel executive Dario Bucci reveals that the processor in the Apple iPhone will be based on the XScale architechture. Translation from DaringFireball.net: The chips in the new Apple iPhone are made by Intel?
No, theyre Marvells. We sold our Xscale architecture to this company. However Apple is one of our best customers for flash memories and our NANDs are...
