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
iWork to Become a Web Application at Macworld?
9to5Mac claims that Apple will be announcing at Macworld that the next version of iWork will be composed of web-based applications. According to the rumor site, that means the future versions of Numbers, Pages and Keynote will be entirely browser based. (Note that this does not necessarily mean that native Mac versions will not also co-exist.)
Apple's move into web-based applications has...
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30GB Zunes Failing En Masse
There have been multiple reports that Microsoft's 30GB Zune MP3 players around the world have been freezing up today. A Gizmodo reader reports: Apparently, around 2:00 AM today, the Zune models either reset, or were already off. Upon when turning on, the thing loads up and... freezes with a full loading bar (as pictured above). I thought my brother was the only one with it, but then it happened...
New Mac Mini to Launch at Macworld San Francisco?
TUAW believes that the Mac mini will indeed see an update at Macworld San Francisco next week. Rumors of a Mac mini update have been ongoing with most expectations pointing to Macworld.
TUAW's report is light on details but expects at least two major changes
- The internal optical drive will be an SATA drive that can be swapped out with a second SATA hard drive
- Design will change from ...
'Large Screen iPod Touch Device' in Fall of 2009?
TechCrunch claims to have heard from three independent sources that Apple will be releasing a "large screen iPod touch device" with a 7-9 inch screen. According to the site, one of their sources have actually seen and handled one of the prototypes. Apple has been experimenting internally with large form tablet devices for years, one source says, but there was concern that users wouldn't like...
Intel Launches Low Cost Quad-Core Mobile Processor and New Core 2 Duos
Over the weekend, Intel added five new mobile CPUs to their product line. The most notable addition is a Core 2 Quad Q9000 processor which is a quad-core processor that runs at a speed of 2.0GHz and is available for only $348 in 1000 unit lots. The cost of this quad-core chip is significantly less than its earlier counterparts. Acer has already announced a new Quad-core notebook based on the...
MacRumors and iPhone Alley 'Macworld Finale Bash'
As this could very well be the last Macworld event, MacRumors.com is co-hosting a "Macworld Finale Bash" with iPhone Alley on the evening of the keynote speech -- Tuesday, January 6th, 2009.
The party/meetup will be held at Jillian's restaurant (map) across from Moscone West. Open to all ages, there will be free food and giveaways, but you're responsible for your own alcohol. It will run ...
Vaja Also Hints at iPhone Nano?
Relatively well-known iPhone case manufacturer Vaja has curiously added an "iPhone Nano" listing to their website. The link simply directs you to a form asking you to sign up for information about "the upcoming release of our iPhone nano cases."
While it may be that Vaja is simply taking advantage of the hype surrounding the iPhone Nano, the rumors have been persistent over the past few ...
Apple Developing a Home Media Server?
9to5Mac reports that Apple has been working on a home media server to access your iTunes and other files anywhere you have internet access. The site compares it to HP's just updated Media Smart Server which offers a centralized location for backup, storage and file delivery to your computers locally as well as remotely: Your music, photos, videos and other media are part of your life -- but...
Massive Christmas iPod Touch Sales Boost App Store Downloads
Apple's new iPod Touch appears to have been a huge hit this holiday season with evidence that the high end iPod has seen massive gains in marketshare.
The first impact was seen in early sales numbers for App Store applications on Christmas day. The #1 ranked App Store application (iFart Mobile) saw a tripling of sales from ...
Snow Leopard Screenshots Show Little New
Over the holiday weekend, some screenshots and video of the developer release of Snow Leopard were posted to a German site.
Overall, the images show little new from the WWDC build originally released back in July, but may be of interest to some readers. By its nature, Snow Leopard will have little in the way of visual changes and most of the improvements are said to be "under the hood"....
Christmas Holiday Boosts App Store Sales, iFart Mobile Triples Sales
iFart Mobile developer reveals that sales of his iFart Mobile application were boosted over 3x over the course of Christmas eve and Christmas day. MacRumors had previously reported the sales numbers for the #1 spot had topped out at 13,274 units on December 22nd.
The developer reveals that on Christmas eve sales jumped to 19,520 units and on Christmas day sales shot up to 38,927. After...
AT&T Begins Selling $99 (Refurbished) iPhone
Several readers have noted that AT&T has started selling refurbished iPhone 3Gs as low as $99 for a limited time.
While AT&T has intermittently offered refurbished iPhones in the past, the $99 price point is noteworthy given the recent rumors that Apple was to introduce a $99 model. Apple's current iPhone starts at $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB. The refurbished models have...
Wal-Mart to Sell iPhone Starting Sunday
Image from SkippyThorson
Wal-Mart officially announced that the company will start selling Apple's iPhone on Sunday, December 28th. The news confirms multiple reports about the impending sale. The report also confirms that rumors of a $99 Wal-Mart iPhone were incorrect.
Wal-Mart will sell the iPhone for only $2 less than the regular price with a two-year contract: $197 for the 8 GB model, ...
Multi-Touch Swipe Gestures for iPhone Keyboard
Despite the Christmas holiday, the U.S. Patent Office continues to be churning away and has revealed this interesting new patent application from Apple called Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards. The patent application is authored by Wayne Westerman. While we always enjoy reading research from the former Fingerworks founder, his multi-touch patent applications always seem to be more...
Best iPhone Games 2008
TouchArcade has compiled a cross sectional list of some of the best games for the iPhone in 2008: Since a single best list is such a hard list to come up with due to individual tastes, weve instead compiled a list of games that we consider to an excellent cross section of iPhone gaming and could be seen as required reading for iPhone and iPod Touch gamers.
- Aurora Feint: The Beginning (Free)
-...
Holiday Discounts in App Store, List of Now Free Apps
Repeating the trend from Black Friday, a number of App Store developers are discounting their apps for the holidays. AppShopper tracks the apps in the App Store and provides a running list of sales. A few notable discounts include:
- Kineo ($4.99 -> $0.99) - draw flipbook animations
- ComiXology ($4.99 -> $1.99) - browse comic book listings
- Equivalence ($4.99 - $0.99) - conversion tool...
iPhone App Store Sales for #1 Spot Revealed
Apple's broadening of App Store acceptances has opened the door to a number of new novelty applications including InfoMedia's iFart Mobile [App Store]. The $0.99 humor application has rapidly seen success and has rocketed up to the #1 App Sales slot.
Most interesting is that the developer of the app has been very transparent about his sales numbers during his app's climb in ranking. From a pr...
More iPhone Nano Case Design Photos
For completeness sake, we should report that XSKN has now posted the entire series of iPhone Nano cases for sale. Again, we have our doubts about the release of an iPhone Nano, yet it's hard to deny that the two previous case designs that were posted on XSKN did accurately predict upcoming products.
As with previous product shots, the actual iPhone graphics shown within the case are simply...
New iMacs Shipping January 2009?
Digitimes relays news from Chinese-language Economic Daily News about Apple's new iMac.
According to supply chain sources, Apple is expected to launch a new iMac in the first quarter of 2009. Quanta Computer is said to be gearing up for monthly shipments of 800,000 units for Q1 2009. The new iMac will begin shipping in January of 2009.
The news confirms other hints that we've seen that...
Apple Updates MobileMe Online Apps
Apple has detailed some recent changes they have made to their MobileMe web apps. A partial list of changes and improvements are listed here:
- Searching for contacts in a large address book (more than 1000 contacts) is faster and no longer results in a "slow script" browser alert message
- Exported vCards with multi-line addresses or notes can now be imported into the Mac OS X Address Book
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