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
iPod Touch Gets an External Microphone?
Apple introduced the new iPod Touch yesterday which contained a couple of minor hardware tweaks over the previous model. Most notably, this included a built-in speaker and volume control buttons which were both absent on the 1st generation iPod Touch.
One item we failed to report, however, was that Apple appears to have also added external microphone support (with an accessory) into the iPod ...
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iPod Touch 2.1 Firmware Features and Availability
Apple's iPod Touch 2.1 firmware appears to be consistently available now. While the iPod Touch 2.1 firmware seemed to be available shortly after yesterday's keynote, many users had some difficulty in installing the update early on. The official list of changes include:
- Genius playlist creation
- dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- improved email reliability, notable fetching...
Nike+iPod Won't Work with iPhone
With the introduction of the 2nd generation iPod Touch, Apple revealed that Nike+iPod was built-in. As a result, new iPod Touch owners need only to buy the shoe transmitter in order to use the running-aide.
Unfortunately, existing iPod Touch owners and iPhone owners will be unable to use the new software due to a lack of the proper receiver. Nike+ uses a "proprietary low-power 2.4 GHz...
MacUpdate's Mac App Bundle: Stream iTunes, Edit Video, Photos, More [Extended]
A few times a year, MacRumors partners with MacUpdate to promote their Mac application bundle deal. Their latest bundle delivers up to 10 Mac applications for $49.99 (a $621.65 value if all purchased separately) including:
- HookUp ($20.00) - access, stream and download iTunes libraries in remote networks.
- Alarm Clock Pro ($19.95) - programmable "alarm clock" that can trigger SMS, email,...
QuickTime Video Stream of Let's Rock Media event [Podcast Available]
Apple has posted a QuickTime stream for today's "Let's Rock" media event.
Please see our previous news stories for full coverage of the announcements:
- Odds and Ends: New Shuffles, In-Ear Headphones, First Impressions, and More
- 2nd Generation iPod Touch: 2.1 Firmware, Speaker, Thinner
- iPhone 2.1 Firmware Coming on Friday: Bug ...
Odds and Ends: New Shuffles, In-Ear Headphones, First Impressions, and More
Image from gallery at WorldofApple
As with all Apple events, there's a lot of information to process on the new releases. We ask readers try to consolidate general discussion about the announcements in the appropriate news stories: New iPod Nanos and Classic, New iPod Touch,
Apple Releases QuickTime 7.5.5
Apple also released QuickTime 7.5.5 today and is recommended for use with iTunes 8: QuickTime 7.5.5 includes changes that increase reliability, improve application compatibility and enhance security.
This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users....
iPhone 2.1 Firmware Coming on Friday: Bug Fixes, Connectivity and Battery Life
Image from Engadget
Alongside the other announcements, Apple announced that the iPhone 2.1 firmware will be released this Friday as a free update. The much anticipated version upgrade will address many of the issues that have been plaguing iPhone users. Changes include:
- Significantly better battery life
- Fewer call drops
- Bug fixes
- Faster backups to iTunes
- No App crashes...
iTunes 8: HD TV Shows, Grid View, Genius Playlists, NBC [Now Available]
Image from Engadget
As expected, Apple revealed iTunes 8 today during their "Let's Rock" media event. iTunes 8 offers a number of new features including:
- Support for High Definition TV shows
- $1.99 for Standard Definition episodes
- $2.99 for High Definition episodes
- Genius playlists: automatically find similar songs in your collection
- Available today
Apple also announced...
2nd Generation iPod Touch: 2.1 Firmware, Speaker, Thinner
Apple released the new iPod Touch today at their media event. The new iPod Touch matches up with the rumors, now sporting a curved back but retaining the same storage capacities. Features include:
- 2.1 Firmware
- Built-in speaker, volume controls
- Genius playlist
- Nike+iPod support
- Battery: 36 hours for music, 6 hours for video.
- $229 for 8GB, $299 for 16GB, $399 for 32GB...
4th Generation iPod Nano: Accelerometer, Genius, Colors, Taller
Image from Engadget
Apple announced the new iPod nanos today at their media event. The nano matches up with the circulating rumors of a taller, colorful design.
- Thinnest iPod ever
- Enhanced user interface
- Accelerometer to detect tilt
- Shake iPod to shuffle
- Genius playlist built in
- Aluminum with curved glass
- Battery: 24 hours for music. 4 hours for video.
- $149 for 8GB. ...
Let's Rock: Live Coverage Options and Discussion
Image from Gizmodo
Apple's Let's Rock event kicks off shortly. Live coverage will be provided at the following links:
- Gizmodo
- Engadget
- ArsTechnica
- Macworld
- Fortune
- Slashgear
- AlleyInsider
- iLounge
MacRumorsLive.com will return for Macworld San Francisco 2009 in January.
Some last minute notes and links:
- Apple Stores are down
- New Interface? for the iPod...
16GB iPod Nanos, 32GB iPod Touches, Lots of Colors?
Last minute tidbits reveal a few more details about Apple's plans for later today. According to our sources, Apple will indeed be refreshing their entire iPod line at the media event.
Specifically, iPod Nanos are expected to be size-bumped from the current 4GB/8GB sizes up to 8GB/16GB models. As well, Apple will be introducing 9 different colors for each Nano (up from the current 6 colors). ...
Let's Rock: Rumor Roundup and Expectations
Apple will be holding their "Let's Rock" media event on Tuesday, September 9th at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. With almost daily rumors over the past week about what could be expected, this roundup will recap the most likely announcements and speculation about the event.
iPod Nano
Rumors of the "tall" iPod
Roundup of Best RSS Newsreaders for iPhone
Newsstand
iLounge has reviewed all the available iPhone RSS (Really Simple Syndication) readers to compile this list along with their A-F rating.
- azRSS NewsReader (D, $1.99)
- Byline (D+, $9.99)
- Feeds (B, $1.99)
- iRSS (F, $4.99)
- iRSSFeeds (D, $1.99)
- Manifesto (A-, $1.99)
- NetNewsWire (B, Free)
- Newsstand (A-, $4.99)
- sebNews (C-, $3.99)
- SimpleRSS (D, Free)
- Web...
Let's Rock 'Spoiler Free' Keynote Stream [Stream Available]
Stream Available: Warning There is a spoiler on the landing page of the stream: Click here to stream the video (with spoiler). If you prefer, you can download the podcast from iTunes (700+MB) but with no spoilers.
Apple will kick off it's "Let's Rock" media event on September 9th, 2008. News sites across the web will cover every announcement in detail, while Apple's site will be updated...
Spore Origins Now Available for iPhone and iPod Touch
EA's Spore Origins [App Store] is now available in the App Store.
The $9.99 game offers a miniature version of the much anticipated Spore game that was released yesterday. EA is advertising some iPhone/iPod Touch exclusive features including:
- Tilt, turn and twist your way through the primordial...
iTunes 8 Mockup with Grid View, Genius Playlist
Kevin Rose has posted a diagram of what he believes iTunes 8 will look like. He diagrams an iPhoto-like grid-view that allows users to view album art. Albums will reportedly be "directly playable" when you hover over the album. Rose is the founder of Digg and also has been the source of many of the...
Banners Up for Apple's Let's Rock Media Event on September 9th
Andrew Mager has posted (via iPhoneSavior) an image from outside the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco where Apple will hold its "Let's Rock" media event on September 9th, 2008.
The large multi-story banner shows one of Apple's iPod silhouette ads clearly suggesting a major iPod-related event. Persistent rumors have predicted that...
Original Mac SE Ad Artwork from 1987
MyOldMac.net is seeking a buyer the original artwork for a Swedish Mac SE ad campaign commissioned in 1987. The artist describes the history: I painted them in Gothenburg Sweden in 1987 for HLR-BBDO advertising agency Stockholm. Tore Claersson was the art director with the vision to OK the marketing concept (now at or last seen at Ogalvy&Mather NY USA). Head of Apple in Stockholm at the time...
