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
Line Starts at 5th Avenue Apple Store
Engadget reports that a line has already formed at the 5th Avenue Apple Store. The motivation behind lining up so early doesn't seem to be to try be the first to get the iPhone 3G. Instead, it appears they simply want to break a world record for standing in line. In fact, based on the interview, I'm not even sure they know much about the iPhone.
Besides, Apple Retail stores have not yet...
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1.8GHz SSD MacBook Air Drops $500
Apple has quietly dropped the price of the high end MacBook Air by $500.
The high end MacBook Air comes equipped with a 1.8GHz upgrade (from 1.6GHz) and a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). The total price for the high end laptop is $2598. Compare this to the original price of the 1.8GHz/SSD MacBook Air at $3098 just last week (Google Cache).
The base price for the 1.6GHz 80GB Hard Drive...
MobileMe Retail Boxes Shipping to Customers
Meckimac.com posts a photo of the MobileMe retail box that has started shipping to some customers.
The box itself is not particularly useful, as it likely contains only an activation code for a year of MobileMe service. Apple's .Mac service was similarly distributed as a box with an activation code. The MobileMe web service is not yet active, but should appear at
NVIDIA Reports GPU Failures in Significant Quantities of Laptops
NVIDIA reported that there is a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in a "significant quantities" of laptop PCs. NVIDIA has provided no details as to which laptop models are affected, but plans to release a software driver in the near future to help address it. To tackle the problem, the company is releasing a software driver that will cause system fans to start operating sooner...
Google Talk Optimized for iPhone
Google announced a new version of Google Talk optimized for the iPhone. The web-based chat client allows you to instant message with others. - Chat with your Google Talk contacts in real time. Send and receive instant messages in chat sessions with your contacts.
- View and search for your Google Talk contacts. See the availability and status message of your contacts and change your own status ...
Patents Reveal Ongoing Touch and Multi-Touch Research
The United States Patent and Trademark Office revealed at least a dozen new patent applications from Apple this morning. The majority of the applications revealed ongoing multi-touch research by Wayne Westerman, the former cofounder of Fingerworks.
We've seen many exciting multi-touch patent applications from Apple over the past few years including screenshots of a Mac OS X implemenation of...
Sync .Mac Bookmarks by July 6th
Apple has posted instructions to .Mac customers to sync their .Mac Bookmarks by July 6th ahead of the MobileMe launch.
While MobileMe will allow bookmark syncing between computers, it will remove the online web access to them. In order to preserve your bookmarks, you need to make sure they are synced to your Mac.
Apple's July 6th deadline opens the door to the possibility of an early...
Migrating from an Original iPhone to an iPhone 3G
Apple has published a knowledge base article detailing steps for existing iPhone owners to take in upgrading to the iPhone 3G. Apple walks through the backup and restoration process which will require iTunes 7.7 for the iPhone 3G.
One new bit of information for U.S. customers is the fact that you will not move your existing iPhone SIM card to the new iPhone. Instead, the iPhone 3G's SIM...
Optus Announces iPhone 3G Pricing in Australia
Mobile carrier Optus has announced iPhone 3G pricing and plans in Australia. Optus is offering both pre-paid and traditional post-paid plans.
The pre-paid price for the iPhone is $729 (8GB) and $849 (16GB) and allows you to sign up as needed without need for a long term contract. Pricing appears to start at $30 per "recharge" but without data service. 50MB is included in the $40 Turbo...
Fake Chinese iPhones Look Pretty Convincing
One forum user posted for help getting his new iPhone activated through iTunes. As it turns out, the iPhone was purchased in China just last week. After some photos of the phone were posted, it was clear that the phone is a very convincing knock-off of the actual iPhone. The packaging appears authentic, and at first glance the phone itself looks pretty similar. The proportions are slightly...
Apple Sets App Store Launch Deadline for Developers
In typical Apple fashion, the iPhone SDK program and App Store application process has been clouded in some uncertainty about launch dates and details of the approval process. Today, Apple finally gave developers a firm deadline of July 7th as the last date they would be considered for inclusion on launch day of the App Store. To ensure your application can be considered for the exciting launch ...
Solid State Drives (SSD) Reduce Battery Life?
Tom's Hardware publishes some interesting conclusions based on their testing of Solid State Drives (SSD) in laptops. They report that contrary to popular belief, SSD drives actually reduce the battery life in laptops as compared to traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDD). They try to explain this difference by theorizing that traditional hard drives rarely reach peak power consumption and are...
iPhone 2.0 Firmware Video Walkthrough
Gizmodo posts a brief video walkthrough of some of the new features found on the 2.0 firmware.
According to the site, testing has not revealed any obvious errors, though content filtering is not yet working. The App Store, of course, is also not yet online.
Apple is expected to release the 2.0 Firmware update on July 11th as a free update to current iPhone...
Mac Marketshare Continues to Rise
Net Applications has published their latest numbers on browser and operating system marketshare. The numbers indicate that the Mac's marketshare, as reflected by their sample population, has continued to increase to as high as 7.94% in June.
These marketshare numbers are always a bit suspect as they are measured based on aggregated web visitors alone: We collect data from the browsers of...
iPhone 3G Launch Day Starts Early, More International Pricing
The iPhone 3G will launch on July 11th in 20 countries worldwide. More details have been trickling in about launch times and pricing:
- According to Macworld.co.uk, the UK's O2 stores will open at 7am on July 11th to begin selling the iPhone 3G. O2 will be limiting sales to one per customer.
- AT&T announced yes...
Use the Original iPhone as a Wi-Fi iPod
Appleinsider reports that an AT&T spokesperson has informed them that customers upgrading to the iPhone 3G could continue to use their original iPhone as a Wi-Fi iPod: "If the [original] device is not re-activated as a wireless phone after youve upgraded to iPhone 3G, it will still work as an iTunes player and can access Wi-Fi," the spokesperson said. This would replicate the functionality of the...
Unsubsidized iPhone 3G Still Locked
AT&T confirmed another tidbit that many assumed true, but again it's nice to hear the official word. Despite suggestions that the unsubsidized iPhone 3G ($599, $699) would be "decoupled" from AT&T, a spokesperson has
Starting New Service on Original iPhone? Prices Stay the Same.
Tidbits confirms what most people expected, but it's nice to get confirmation from AT&T. The current 2G iPhone plans will continue to be available for people who want to start up new service plans with someone's old phone. If you get an original iPhone (in sale, trade, or hand-me down) and decide to initiate new mobile phone service with AT&T, you will be charged the same rates as before. This ...
Teaser Video for Rolando: a Platform/Puzzler Game for iPhone
A new video teaser of upcoming iPhone game Rolando has been posted at TouchArcade. Few details are provided, but the game is described as a physics-based platform/puzzler which has been designed from the ground up for the iPhone. The Youtube Video is impressive.
The game will be the first official game from Handcircus. The developer is hoping to deliver it by late July/early August....
iPhone 2.0 Offers 'Wi-Fi Only' Option for Flights
One new feature shown in the iPhone 2.0 guided tour is the ability to independently turn on Wi-fi after you've switched your iPhone into "Airplane mode". Normally, with Airplane mode, the iPhone turns off both its cellular and Wi-fi transmissions to prevent any inteference with the plane's navigation system.
The ...
