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
AOL Renews Interest in Mac with AIM Beta 1
As noted by Arstechnica, AOL has launched a beta of AIM for Mac. The new instant messaging client offers an alternative for iChat users. AOL says they have a commitment to the growing Mac market. Advantages listed include:
- Users can customize their AIM for Mac experience with AIM Expressions - Change your AIM sounds, wallpaper, emoticon set or Buddy Icon.
- File Transfer, Tabbed IM...
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Adobe Could Release Flash for iPhone if Apple Approves
Flash Magazine reports on comments made by Adobe's Sr. Director of Engineering Paul Betlem during a Town Hall meeting at the Flash on the Beach Conference.
Betlem provides some followup for comments made by Adobe's Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen in March. Narayen claimed that Adobe would develop an iPhone Flash player themselves and release it through the App Store. There was some...
Call of Duty 4 for Mac Now Available
The big news amongst Mac gamers this past week was the release of Call of Duty 4 for the Mac. The sequel to the popular first-person shooter has been available on PCs and gaming consoles since November of 2007, but the Mac version has only just been released. Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. With amazing special...
Facebook App Sees Major 2.0 Update
Facebook has updated their native iPhone app to version 2.0 today. The long awaited update brings a number of new features to the popular social networking application. New features include:
- Notifications
-The full News Feed
- News Feed story comments
- People search
- Friend requests
- Photo tagging
- Photo captioning
- Photo posts to your friends' ...
WWDC Featured 'Kroll' Game Arrives [Video Updated]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wowed the crowd during the companys World Wide Developer Conference back in June with demos of various iPhone games that were in development for eventual App Store release. One of the more impressive titles was Digital Legends Kroll.
Kroll appeared in the App Store today as a $7.99 download. Kroll is
First Spreadsheet Application for iPhone
Softalk has released the first spreadsheet application for the iPhone called Spreadsheet [App Store]. The developer lists the following features:
- Zoomable, scrollable cell grid
- Formulas
- Functions
- Cell formatting (bold, italic, color size and alignment)
- Cell types (General, Number, Currency, Percentage, Date, Time, Text)...
Verizon iPhone in 2009 Unlikely
9to5mac claims to have heard from a "tipster" that Apple could announce a Verizon iPhone as early as Macworld San Francisco 2009. 9to5 points to "falsely reported rumors" about Apple's exclusivity deal with AT&T "if one exists".
The problem with the report is that the Apple and AT&T exclusivity deal is fact, not rumor. AT&T's Stan Sigman announced that the iPhone was exclusive to AT&T in a...
Apple's Notebook Marketshare Growth and High Margins
Joe Wilcox of Microsoft-Watch analyzes the latest notebook marketshare data from the NPD Group. He specifically looks at the revenue breakdown and Apple's long term decision to compete at the high-end market for notebooks.
Despite Apple's relatively modest marketshare (~10%), they capture 30% of the revenue amongst notebook manufacturers. As Wilcox puts it, "for every three dollars spent...
App Store Changes in Reviews and Listings
Over the weekend, Apple has implemented some changes to the way their iTunes App Store listings and reviews are handled.
One issue that had been the source of developer frustration is that anyone had previously been allowed to leave "Customer Reviews" -- even for apps they had not personally purchased. This led to a frequent comments complaining about price from individuals who had never...
Beejive Instant Messenger Released for iPhone
Those of your waiting for a better Instant Messaging client may want to look at Beejive's new instant messenger for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
BeejimIM [App Store] is a full featured client which offers the following features, as listed by the developer: General Features
- Reliable and efficient networking: be connected 24/7, and it's gentle on your battery.
- Be connected even after you...
Apple TV to be Replaced? [Update: No]
TUAW claims that they have heard from an "anonymous Apple reseller" saying that Apple has instructed them to remove all Apple TV displays and literature by September 30th and that there would be a webcast "kick off" on September 30th.
We have not yet heard any verification of this information from any other resellers.
Update: The marketing materials licenses are simply expiring at this...
MacBook Pro Prototypes and Design Details?
A new photograph claiming to be the new MacBook Pro has been circulating since yesterday. We've neglected to post the image since we felt it was clearly fake. Based on his sources, Jason O'Grady now confirms that the image isn't real and also provides some additional tidbits about the upcoming MacBook Pros.
O'Grady has heard that the new MacBook Pros will retain its more traditional...
Shazam Reaches Over 1.5 Million Downloads
We've previously neglected to mention Shazam [App Store] here on MacRumors. Today's announcement by the company that over 1.5 million people have downloaded the iPhone app seemed like a good excuse to finally post something about the app. The Shazam iPhone application has had a phenomenal user response both in the number of downloads and the number of tracks being identified, said Andrew Fisher,...
iPhone Arrives in Russia on October 3rd
Reuters reports that the iPhone will finally go on sale in Russia beginning on October 3rd with estimates that 150,000 units could be sold by the end of the year. "All retailers will begin sales of iPhone in Russia at the same time, during the night between October 2 and October 3. Our company will be also selling them," Nadezhda Senyuk, a PR director at retail chain Tekhnosila, said by telephone.T...
Apple iPhone Battery Lawsuit Dismissed
Apple can be the target of many lawsuits, some more justified than others. One widely reported lawsuit at the time of the iPhone's initial launch attempted to sue Apple over the iPhone's sealed battery, limited number of charge cycles and fee for battery replacement.
Bloomberg reports today that the...
Mobile Safari Interface Tweaked in iPhone 2.2
The release of the beta of the iPhone 2.2 brought few obvious changes to the iPhone's firmware. One tweak that was noted was that Mobile Safari got a bit of a refresh, moving the Google search bar into the title bar.
In the current version of the iPhone, the Google search only appears when you tap on the address...
Apple Seeds iPhone Firmware 2.2 Beta 1
Apple has seeded some iPhone developers with a new beta iPhone firmware for testing. The new version is labeled iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1 and is accompanied by a new beta of the iPhone SDK (build 9M2611). Beyond "compatibility testing", there are no other differences noted by Apple. It's not clear yet if the new builds have any further implementation of background push notifications that have been...
Aluminum MacBook and MacBook Pros Spotted?
AppleInsider provides some reassurances that MacBook and MacBook Pro updates must be imminent with the new models having reportedly been spotted by sources.
The new 13" MacBooks, 15" MacBook Pros and 17" MacBook Pros are said to share similar Aluminum-based look "as if they were members of the same product family". The current MacBooks and MacBook Pro...
Apple Releases Java for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.4 Updates
Apple has updated Java for Mac OS X today with two releases for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.4:
Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7
Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 delivers improved reliability and compatibility for Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 and Java 1.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later. This release updates J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_16 and Java 1.4 to version 1.4.2_18.
Java for Mac OS X...
New Mac Part Numbers Found in Future Shop's Inventory? [Update]
According to an anonymous report, six new Mac placeholder SKUs have appeared in Future Shop's inventory system. While we've been unable to independently verify this at this time, the placement of early "placeholder" part numbers is consistent with inventory practices of some major retailers.
In February, we saw MacBook Pro part numbers in Best Buy's systems about 3 weeks before the releas...
