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
'Star Wars: Force Unleashed' for iPhone Now Available
THQ Wireless Inc has released Star Wars: Force Unleashed [App Store] to the App Store. The $9.99 game offers a companion game to the full version due for release on September 16th. The game is described: Experience the Star Wars universe as never before. The devastating power of the Force is in your hands. You are Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice, trained by the menacing Sith Lord to hunt...
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.5
After weeks of developer seeds, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.5 to customers. The latest upgrade to Leopard is available through your Mac OS X Software Update. The 10.5.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.Apple details the updates at http://support.apple....
MacBook Shipments Have Begun?
Barrons reports on an analyst note from Citigroup's Richard Gardner who claims to have received confirmation that new MacBooks are shipping.
The report cites "field checks" as the source of the information and describes the new MacBooks with a "very thin aluminum casing, an LED-backlit display and an aggressive entry-level price point."
This description matches many of the circulating...
X-Plane 9 Flight Simulator for iPhone
One new release late last week has generated a fair amount of interest amongst our forum members. Austin Meyer's X-Plane [App Store] X-Plane for Mac, Windows, and Linux (www.X-Plane.com) is the most flexible and realistic flight simulator on the market for desktop personal computers.
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And now, thanks to the power of the iPhone and iPodTouch, X-Plane is available for these stunning little...
Apple Developing ARM Processors for iPhone
A NY Times blog entry reports that Apple is indeed working on its own variant of the ARM processor for the iPhone. The information verifies what has long been speculated based on Apple's acquisition of P.A. Semi earlier this year and announcements by both ARM and Steve Jobs.
Former P.A. Semi engineer Wei-han Lien lists his current position as "Senior Manager Chip CPU Architect at Apple" in...
iPhone 2.1 Reactions and Additional Features
Apple released the long awaited iPhone 2.1 firmware upgrade on Friday. The release has been met primarily with praise from MacRumors commenters. Many existing issues have been addressed including the highly publicized security issue, stability issues and app crashing.
While Apple has provided a official changelog of new features and fixes, forum user justinomg has compiled an extensive list ...
NetShare Officially Rejected from App Store
Though we saw it coming, Nullriver has confirmed that their tethering application NetShare will not be returning to the App Store. Looks like Apple has decided they will not be allowing any tethering applications in the AppStore. As such, NetShare will not be available in the iTunes AppStore.NetShare was briefly available in the App Store and allowed...
2nd Generation iPod Touch Does Work With Microphone
Forum user pismodude2 was able to confirm that the 2nd generation iPod Touch will allow microphone input and work with existing microphone-enabled applications. He was able to use a 3rd party microphone headset to input audio into his new iPod Touch.
We had previously reported that Apple's new microphone headsets were listed to be...
Apple's App Store Rejection Policies Raise Concerns
When the App Store was first introduced, Apple specified that apps would have to be approved before being allowed into the App Store. The reasoning for this approval process was to weed out applications that were against Apple's terms of service. This was said to include potentially abusive and inappropriate apps. While there have been a few applications that have been rejected on these...
iPhone 2.1 Firmware Now Available [Updated]
As promised, Apple has released the iPhone 2.1 firmware through iTunes this morning. The iPhone 2.1 firmware contains the following updates as listed by Apple:
- decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
- significantly improve battery life for most users
- dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- improve email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange...
Microsoft's Next Seinfeld Ad Airs: 'New Family'
Tonight, Microsoft aired the second of a series of new ads featuring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The long version of the ad (4m 30s) is embedded above via YouTube and a high quality version is available at Microsoft.com.
The first installment of the ad campaign showed Bill Gates and Seinfeld at a shoe store. The new installment shows Gates and Seinfeld living with "real...
Despite NBC's Return, Apple and NBC Still Disputing Claims
At the "Let's Rock" media event, Steve Jobs announced that NBC had returned to iTunes after being absent from the online store for almost a year. The removal of NBC shows from iTunes was the result of a very public dispute between the the two companies.
Apple announced in August of 2007 that they would no longer be selling NBC television shows because NBC wanted "double the wholesale...
iPhone 2.1: Automatic Secure Wipe after Passcode Failures
One feature of the new 2.1 firmware we haven't mentioned is the option to have the iPhone automatically securely wipe your iPhone or iPod Touch after 10 failed passcode attempts.
A nice feature for those who are worried about losing their iPhone, but perhaps better to not enable it if you have young children.
Apple has said they will be releasing the 2.1 firmware on...
Trade Stocks with StockManager for iPhone
One upcoming app that has generated some interest amongst members of our App Store forum was a stock trading application written for TD Ameritrade.
iStockMananger [Free, App Store] was released today and offers trading application for TD Ameritrade account holders. Features include:
- Full integrated ...
Macworld San Francisco 2009 Registration Opens
IDG World Expo has announced that registration for Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF) has opened for attendees.
Macworld San Francisco is an annual Apple-focused expo taking place between January 5th-9th, 2009 and at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. Early/discounted registration is available until December...
FlyCast Challenges Satellite Radio with iPhone App
Flycast claims that their new iPhone App called FlyCast Mobile [App Store] provides a worthy competitor to satellite radio.
The free download offers over 1000 digital channels including "all genres" of music, talk, news sports, weather and traffic in both audio and video formats. They also partner...
Official Version of PhoneSaber Enhanced, Still Free
In August, we noted that the popular PhoneSaber application for the iPhone had been pulled at the request of Lucasfilm. PhoneSaber was a light saber "simulator" complete with sound effects.
As promised, the developer announced that an official version is on the way and it should be available soon in the App Store: The app will have a new name and a whole new look. The new version,...
iPod Nano, Touch Disassembled. iPod Touch has a Bluetooth Chip.
iPod Nano disassembly
iPod Touch disassembly
iFixit has posted disassembly photographs of the iPod Nano and iPod Touch. These disassembly photos are common after new products are released and provide readers an interesting view of the internals of the latest Apple products.
Occasionally, however, there's also an interesting find. In this case, iFixit has found that the iPod Touch...
Apple Notebook Updates on October 14th? 120GB MacBook Air HDD?
Apple's "Let's Rock" media event yesterday refreshed their entire iPod line. When asked about the lack of Mac news in an interview, Jobs pointed out it was a music focused event. Many readers, however, are anxiously awaiting the new notebook revisions that have been rumored.
DaringFireball now claims that Apple will be releasing new...
Genius Feature Coming to Older iPod Classics [Updated: No]
Crave.cnet.co.uk has posted a brief look at the new iPod Classic (120GB) that was released at Apple's media event yesterday. Like the new iPod Nano, the new Classic incorporates on-the-go Genius playlists. According to Apple representatives, the company will be releasing a software update to bring Genius playlists to existing iPod classics: Apple representatives at the event yesterday told us,...
