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
A Look at Band for the iPhone
Arstechnica posts an in-depth look at the $9.99 iPhone App, Band [App Store], by Moo Cow Music.
The app was amongst the featured applications demoed at this year's WWDC. A Youtube Video provided by the developer shows its capabilities.
Ars put the app through its...
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Former Windows 95 Architect Now Developing for iPhone (PhotoShare)
Cult of Mac reports on the latest efforts by Satoshi Nakajima, the former lead architect of Microsoft's Windows 95. Two years ago, My Nakajima picked up a Mac and apparently, couldn't be happier. According to the the author, "He was so impressed, he says hell never touch a PC again."
Based on this enthusiasm, Nakajima has since started a company in April called Big Canvas with plans to...
iPhone Dev Team Releases Pwnage 2.0
The iPhone Dev Team has released version 2.0 of the Pwnage tool. This tool allows you Jailbreak (add unofficial 3rd party applications) the original iPhone, the iPod Touch and now the iPhone 3G. The tool also allows you to SIM unlock the original iPhone, which allows it to be used on any GSM network. Owners of the iPhone 3G will have to wait for a future release before they are able to unlock...
Apple Sends Another MobileMe Apology E-mail and Extension
Amidst the rocky .Mac to MobileMe transition last week, Apple made one other mistake that it is now apologizing for. Apple had been preauthorizing charges up to 121 GBP to European customers who signed up for a free MobileMe trial. For debit accounts, this preauthorization charge may actually remove that amount of money from the customer's available balance. Apple is working on reversing...
UrbanSpoon Finds You a Place to Eat
One of the early apps in the iTunes App Store was from UrbanSpoon.com [App Store] which tries to help you answer the question: "Where should I eat?"
If you are fortunate enough to live in one of their supported North American cities or in London, then you can try their app. Almost like a slot machine, it lets you randomly choose between locations, cuisines and price ranges to find a...
iPhone Remote Acts as Wi-Fi Keyboard for Apple TV
As noted on DaringFireball.net, Apple's popular Remote iPhone application adds a useful and unpublicized feature to your Apple TV - a keyboard.
The Remote App [App Store] is a free download from the App Store and runs on both the iPhone and iPod Touch. It adds remote control capabilities for both iTunes and...
iPhone 3G Shortage to Last a Month?
Computerworld reports on observations made by Piper Jaffary analysts who believe that Apple will continue to have supply problems with the iPhone 3G for the next two to four weeks.
eWeek reports that the iPhone 3G was sold out in 114 of Apple's 188 stores this morning, only marginally better than the 117 sold out stores on Tuesday. The author has compiled a list, but the locations that did...
Apple Prepping for Notebook Refresh?
Signs are starting to appear that Apple may be prepping for a revision of their Mac laptops in the near future. Following up a previous Commercial Times report that pointed to a Q3 (July-September) order for MacBook displays, the paper now reports that Apple has increased its order of "notebook-use printed circuit boards" by 20% this quarter.
Meanwhile, Apple has notified Best Buy that they...
Apple Opening First Retail Store in China
from WSJ's China Journal
On July 19th, Apple is opening its first retail store in China in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment district. The store opens at 10 a.m. local time. "This is the first of many stores we will open in China," said Ron Johnson, Apple's senior vice...
AT&T's Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Access for iPhones Finally Announced? [No]
iPhoneAlley notes that AT&T has once again posted information on their website indicating that all iPhone customers have free access to their more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots access across the U.S., including Starbucks locations: AT&T knows Wi-Fi is hot, and free Wi-Fi even hotter, which is why we are proud to offer iPhone customers free access to the nation's largest Wi-Fi hotspot network with...
Twinkle: Another Twitter Client in App Store
Tapulous has released a new twitter client into the App store today: Twinkle [App Store]. Like Twitterific [App Store] before it, Twinkle provides users with a native application to access Twitter.com, a social networking and micro blogging tool.
The primary differentiating features of Twinkle is the addition of Location Services which allows you to find other users near your location. Disco...
Apple's Q3 2008 Financial Results on July 21st
Apple will be webcasting their 3rd Quarter 2008 Financial Results on July 21, 2008. The 3rd fiscal quarter encompasses sales between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008. As such, results from the iPhone 3G and App Store sales will not be included in the earnings report.
Recent reports however, have suggested that Apple's U.S. personal computer marketshare continues to increase substantially with ...
Pandora Internet Radio an iPhone Success
When the App Store launched, Pandora Radio [App Store] was one of the first applications available that promised streaming internet radio to your iPhone. Unique to Pandora, though, its use of the Music Genome Project to deliver personalized music based on your favorite artists, songs or composers.
Installation and registration for Pandora is quite simple and...
BeatMaker by Intua Brings Serious Music Tool to iPhone
A new iPhone and iPod Touch music application called Beatmaker [App Store] is generating some buzz amongst music professionals. Created by Intua, Beatmaker is described as "the first music creation studio for the iPhone and iPod Touch." Inspired by hardware beatboxes, loop samplers and software sequencers, it combines them to turn the iPod into a unique, inspirational software instrument....
Intel to Deliver Quad-Core Mobile Processors Next Month
Intel announced that it would be releasing its first quad-core processor for laptops next month. "We're bringing quad-core to mobile in August," said Sujan Kamran, regional marketing manager for client platforms at Intel in Singapore. Kamran declined to disclose specifics of the quad-core chip, which will carry Intel's Core 2 Extreme moniker.While the article goes on to say that quad-core "is more ...
Apple Sends Apology Letter, 30-Day Extension to MobileMe Customers
Today, Apple sent out an email to MobileMe customers apologizing for the rocky transition from .Mac to MobileMe. We have recently completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. Unfortunately, it was a lot rockier than we had hoped.
Although core services such as Mail, iDisk, Sync, Back to My Mac, and Gallery went relatively smoothly, the new MobileMe web applications had lots of problems...
Free VNC Lite Client for iPhone and iPod Touch
MochaSoft has published a VNC client for the iPhone and iPod Touch Mocha VNC provides access to a VNC Server. Using your iPhone, you can connect to a Windows PC or Mac OS X and see the files, programs and resources exactly as you would if you were sitting at your desk, just on a smaller screen.The Lite version has the following limitations
- Only one keyboard (QWERTY)
- Only left mouse click...
iPhone 3G Battery Life Tests
Gizmodo compiled this impressive chart of battery times for the iPhone 3G as reported by various reviewers.
Most reviewers found the iPhone 3G did have around 5 hours of talk time which was amongst the best for 3G handsets that were testing. The "mixed" use included web browsing and had far more variable results. In those tests, the iPhone 3G ranged from 2 hours and 52 minutes of use as...
AT&T's 3G Network Struggling to Keep Up?
Posters on Howard forums are reporting slower than expected AT&T 3G internet connectivity in several markets across the country. These observations have been made on a variety of 3G-enabled devices.
AT&T's 3G network is said to offer download speeds up to 1.4Mbps, but recent customer testing has shown fluctuating speeds as low as 200Kbps, even in areas that previously had solid 3G coverage.
...
iPhone 3G Remains Hard to Find
Line at Apple Store Chicago, IL today by wowk1234
Fortune reports that the iPhone 3G is still a scarce item to find. Lines continue to form at many stores, and as of this morning, 21 states were sold out of the iPhone. The states reporting no stock on hand were Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,...
