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
Telstra to Sell iPhone 3G in Australia Too?
Australian IT reports that Telstra will join Optus and Vodafone in launching the new iPhone 3G in Australia. Telstra stayed quiet as its rivals wracked up marketing points by standing in the glow of the local iPhone launch, but will now go ahead and sell the device according to people close to the company.According to their sources, Telstra's introduction will lag behind July 11th introduction and ...
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iPhone Sensors and iChat VOIP Integration?
A recently published patent application discovered by MacRumors reveals that Apple has been researching more advanced uses of the built in sensors on the iPhone to predict what the user wants to do. The patent application describes various scenarios in which a mobile phone could automatically change its configuration based on built-in sensors.
Apple describes the use of proximity sensors,...
Rogers to Introduce Cheaper Data Plans in Canada?
The National Post claims that Rogers Communications will be instituting changes to their mobile phone plans in the next two weeks in preparation for the iPhone launch. Rogers has traditionally charged significantly more for data plans than mobile carriers in the U.S. "There's a recognition on the part of Rogers that the world has changed," Mr. Mohamed said. "We'll be changing our prices to...
Major League Baseball App to Sell for $4.99
Macworld reports that the MLB At Bat application that was demoed at WWDC last week will be sold on the App Store for $4.99.
The application allows baseball fans to get live scores and watch video highlights while the game is still going on. Our goal is to be on any device a baseball fan carries, MLB Advanced Media VP of Corporate Communications Matthew Gould told me in an interview Wednesday.The...
Useless Survey: 91% of Japanese Will Not Buy 'iPhone'
Making the rounds today is a rather useless survey which claims that 91% of Japanese will not buy the 'iPhone'. While I may have a personal bias against online surveys and their overreaching conclusions, this one is particularly unhelpful.
Much of the online press are describing this as a negative story, suggesting that 91% of the Japanese not being interested in the iPhone is a disappointing ...
iPhone and App Store Attracting Developers
MercuryNews reports on how the iPhone and upcoming App Store are attracting many developers to Apple's mobile platform. Loopt's cofounder, Sam Altman, describes how he's seen an excitement amongst mobile developers: "People who said they'd never start a mobile (applications) company because they didn't want to rely on the carriers are now starting companies focused only on the iPhone."The...
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Web Browser
Mozilla announced the launch of the Firefox 3 web browser today. Firefox 3 is said to incorporate over 15,000 improvements and claims to be over two to three times faster than its predecessor. Were really proud of Firefox 3 and it just shows what a committed, energized global community can do when they work together, said John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla.Firefox 3 offers enhancements to its user...
Industry Group to Establish OpenCL Standard
The Khronos Group, a member-funded consortium focused on establishing open standard application programming interfaces (APIs), has announced the formation of the "Compute Working Group" to focus on open standards for parallel computing across graphics processing units (GPUs) and CPUs. Apple, AMD (ATI) and Nvidia are amongst the initial members.
The group will specifically evaluate and...
Apple Sydney Store Unveiled, Opens June 19th
Photo by Josh Hill
Apple recently took the wraps off their first Apple Retail store in Australia and officially announced the date and time for the grand opening. The Sydney, Australia store will have its grand opening on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. This means the store will be open in time for the Australian launch of the iPhone 3G on July 11th.
Located at 77 King ...
Visual Voicemail Patent Settlement
Apple and AT&T have settled a lawsuit brought by Klausner Technology Inc regarding patent ownership behind the iPhone's Visual Voicemail. According to the press release, both Apple and AT&T have agreed to license its "visual voicemail" technology. No financial details have been disclosed: "The patent litigation with Apple has been settled. The patents have been licensed to Apple," company...
AT&T iPhone 3G Upgrades and Eligibility
It seems there's a lot of confusion about iPhone 3G upgrades and activation. Here's what is known at the moment to try to clarify the confusion. All of this applies to the U.S. and AT&T only.
The iPhone 3G is a subsidized mobile phone, which means that AT&T is paying ~$200 to discount the phone down to its final price. $199 for 8GB or $299 for 16GB. The reason AT&T is subsidizing the phone ...
United Airlines to Offer iPod and iPhone Connectivity
United announced today that they have started deploying iPod and iPhone connectivity as part of its in flight entertainment system for certain flights and passengers. United is the first U.S. carrier to offer iPod and iPhone connectivity to its in-flight entertainment system, enabling customers to enjoy their individual content on a 15.4-inch personal television, all while the iPod or iPhone...
Apple 'PC Newswire' Web Ad
Apple has started running another Get a Mac ad starring Justin Long and John Hodgman. Today's ad was spotted running on TheOnion. It features "PC" complaining about how "Mac" is always in the news, and reveals his "PC Newswire".
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Apple Adopting SproutCore for Web Applications
AppleInsider reports that Apple detailed their use of a JavaScript framework called SproutCore at WWDC last week.
SproutCore is an "open source, platform-independent, Cocoa-inspired JavaScript framework for creating web applications that look and feel like Desktop applications". Apple also contributed to performance updates and added new functionality to the SproutCore framework, which serves ...
Snow Leopard's Grand Central and OpenCL Details?
Roughly Drafted provides a birds-eye view of the key technologies coming in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. While Apple's press release and later comments by Steve Jobs provide hints of what Grand Central and OpenCL are planning to accomplish, this article adds a few extra details.
According to the article, Apple's Grand Central is a new thread management architecture which simplifies the developer's ...
Apple to Release an 'iSight HD'?
One reader has found references to an unreleased High Definition USB iSight in Apple's QuickTime system files. The line is specifically labeled "Next Generation USB iSight" in QuickTime's localizable.strings and also carries a reference of 'iSight HD'. We're not sure how old this reference is, but a quick Google search shows no previous discussion of it. Still, it remains possible that this...
iPhone 3G Launch Day, Meetups and Activation
5th Avenue, NYC on original iPhone Launch day
The iPhone 3G will launch on July 11th, and we've consolidated a few tidbits about launch day. In the meanwhile, readers are organizing regional meetups for launch day.
- iPhone will launch in 20 countries on July 11th: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,...
WWDC 2008 Rumor Wrapup: Winners and Losers
After each major event, MacRumors provides a wrapup of rumors to reveal the sources of the most accurate (or inaccurate) information.
iPhone 3G
As widely expected, Apple released the iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008 at $200 with 3G and GPS but no front-sided video camera. The specs for the iPhone had been well predicted, and, as we had warned, the evidence was weakest for the front-sided video...
Regional Meetups for iPhone 3G Launch
MacRumors has set up a iPhone 3G Launch Meetups forum to help readers organize meetups for the iPhone 3G launch.
The iPhone 3G will launch on July 11th, 2008 in 22 countries world-wide. If you are interested in meeting up or organizing with other readers, find the regional thread or create one yourself if none...
No Tethering Option for iPhone 3G
iPhoneAtlas received confirmation from AT&T that there will be no laptop tethering option for the iPhone 3G. With many existing Smartphones, customers can connect their phone to their laptop for use as a 3G modem. This is commonly described as "tethering" and allows individuals to use their phone's 3G connection from their laptop. AT&T will not be supporting a [Phone-as-Modem] plan for the...
