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
Wired's Global iPhone 3G Performance Study
The folks at Wired.com are compiling an iPhone 3G performace map and are asking iPhone users to participate. IPhone 3G network performance issues aren't isolated to the United States, and the time has come to collect global data. IPhone 3G owners from around the world: Wired.com needs your help. We've created an interactive ZeeMap, and we'd like you to report your iPhone 3G's 3G and EDGE download...
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Stream Your iTunes Library to Your iPhone Over Wi-Fi, EDGE or 3G
Simplify Media has released their self-titled application into the App Store. Simplify Media [App Store] lets you listen to your iTunes music library from anywhere.
The iPhone (and iPod touch) app is free for the first 100,000 downloads and will then be $3.99. Features include:
- Stream your music ...
Former Apple General Counsel Settles Backdating Charges
SetteB.IT and BusinessWeek report on Nancy Heinen's settlement with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the backdating investigation. The SEC said that company records pertaining to a grant of 4.8 million options to Apples senior executive team in February of 2001, and a grant of 7.5 million shares...
Zingersoft's iSSH Client Now Available
There's been an influx of SSH clients coming out for the iPhone, but the one many have been waiting for has just arrived. Zingersoft's iSSH [$4.99, App Store] client was released to the App Store last night.
iSSH is a VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, xterm, and xterm-color terminal emulator over SSH and provides the following features:
- Portrait and landscape mode
- 60x24 in portait mode,...
iPhone Stylus with Flexible Tip
CrunchGear points to an interesting looking stylus from Japan that allows you to more precise movements than your finger might allow. Flickbook/FlipBook users may have this need.
The stylus is specially designed for the iPhone which typically only responds to finger touches due to its...
Apple to Update MacBook Air to Penryn Soon?
PhoneNews claims that Apple is preparing to release a new version of the MacBook Air imminently.
The external design is to remain the same, but the new MacBook Air is said to incorporate a new Penryn-class processor "from 2.0GHz and potentially beyond". To compensate, Apple will be including a higher capacity battery. In fact, the new revision of the MacBook Air will draw it much more in-line ...
Mac OS X 10.5.5 Build 9F13 Seeded
Apple appears to be sending out weekly seeds of the newest version of Mac OS X 10.5.5 to developers. The prior seed was released on August 7th.
This new version (Build 9F13) details 10 more bug fixes and unlike prior builds, Apple lists no known issues.
It's difficult to predict when the next version of Mac OS ...
BoxOffice Returns to App Store
Cyrus Najmabadi's popular movie-times application BoxOffice [Free, App Store] is back in the App Store.
BoxOffice was removed for unclear reasons, and the developer is unable to reveal any details. There has been some speculation that it related to the use of Rotten Tomato ratings as some similar applications had also been pulled. Regardless, the application is back and still provides...
Apple Premieres iTunes Movies in Australia and New Zealand [Updated]
Apple announced today that movies from major film studios are now available on the iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand. Both movie purchases and rentals are available from studies including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony...
Apple Now Worth More Than Google
Digital Daily notes that Apple's market capitalization at $159.37 billion is now worth more than Google's which is at $157.56 billion. Apple's market cap first exceeded $100 billion in May of 2007. Apple was included into the S&P 100 index at that time. For interest, MacDailyNews compiled a list of the market values of other notable companies:
- Microsoft (MSFT) - $255,648,204,000
- IBM...
iPhone to Shake Up Japan's Cellphone Industry?
A Softbank official believes that the iPhone represents a turning point in Japanese mobile phones and that competing Japanese phones will have to revamp their handsets to allow for more sophisticated software to keep up. Faced with increased competition, Japanese handset providers will have to provide more software-oriented machines like the touch-screen iPhone, said Tetsuzo Matsumoto, a senior...
Palringo Instant Messenger: a Free Alternative
For those still looking for a free Instant Messaging alternative to AOL's AIM [Free, App Store] and Twenty08's MobileChat [$2.99, App Store] should take a look at Palringo [Free, App Store].
The application has just been updated to version 1.1 and offers compatibility with multiple service providers including:
- AIM
- Google Talk
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Gadu Gadu
- ICQ
- Jabber
-...
iPhone App Sales Numbers Continue to Impress
Apple released the first month's sales reports to iPhone and iPod Touch developers earlier this week. These numbers represent the cumulative sales from the iTunes App Store launch on July 11th for the month of July. While Apple had started providing daily download stats for developers, the stats for the lucrative first couple of weeks had been a mystery.
iPhone developer Tap Tap Tap has publ...
Banking Firm HSBC Considering iPhone? More iPhone Sales Estimates
ZDNet Australia reports that banking "giant" HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and switching over to the iPhone for its staff. HSBC has about 300,000 staff worldwide and this transition could result in 200,000 iPhone orders. "We are actually reviewing iPhones from a HSBC Group perspective ... and when I say that, I mean globally," HSBC's Australia and New Zealand chief information...
Fire Contained at Apple Headquarters, R&D Building? [Update]
A few more details about the fire at Apple headquarters have been revealed that we first reported last night on Page 2. MSNBC reports that firefighters battled the blaze for more than 3 hours and was finally extinguished Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported.
The Mercury News reports that the fire may have started under an air...
Fire at Apple Headquarters Tuesday Night
CBS5 has video from a fire that broke out at the Valley Green 6 building on Apple campus in Cupertino, California. No injuries were reported.
One reader provides this Google map which pinpoints the building (above the "B"...
MobileChat Instant Messaging App Now Available
Twenty08's MobileChat [$2.99, App Store] is now available in the iTunes App Store.
The $2.99 application promises to offer a full instant messaging application for the iPhone and iPod Touch with support for multiple instant messaging protocols:
- AIM/ICQ/.Mac/MobileME
- Windows Live/MSN
- Yahoo
-...
Best Buy to Sell iPhone 3G Nationwide [Official]
Best Buy is expected to announce that they will begin selling the iPhone 3G next month, according to AppleInsider.
The announcement should come as early as Wednesday and represents the first time a 3rd party U.S. retailer will be selling Apple's iPhone. The iPhone will reportedly be sold in 970 Best Buy stores in addition to 16 Best Buy Mobile specialty outlets starting on September 7th....
Some Customers with iPhone 3G Connection Issues
There are a number of reports of iPhone 3G users having problems with inconsistent cellular connections with their new phones. CNet points to a growing discussion thread at Apple's forums detailing the problems.
Specifically, some users have having problems with frequent dropped calls on 3G networks. One customer describes his experience: "I was driving down Folsom Street in San Francisco,...
Teleport VNC Client Allows Remote Access to Your Computer [Lite Version Now Free
Update: The developer has changed the price to free since this story was originally published and has been changed to reflect that.
Jugaari has released a free "lite" version of their remote desktop application called Teleport Lite [Free, App Store]. The regular version of Teleport [$24.99, App Store...
