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
AOL Turns iPhone into Radio
NYTimes provides details on the upcoming AOL Radio application for the iPhone that won an Apple Design Award at this year's WWDC.
According to the article, the new AOL Radio application will connect to AOL's servers over the EDGE, 3G or Wi-Fi and based on your GPS location will tune you to the nearest local...
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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.4, Final Release Expected in July
Apple has seeded a second version of Mac OS X 10.5.4 to developers today. While the latest build (9e12) fixes a dozen more issues in Mac OS X Leopard, the biggest new feature to be supported will be Apple's recently announced MobileMe service. MobileMe is Apple's .Mac replacement service which will allow users to sync contacts, email, and calendar across various devices. It also provides...
Apple and Intel's Collaboration on MacBook Air and Beyond
Fortune reports on Apple and Intel's strengthening relationship over the past few years. Apple switched from PowerPC to the Intel processors three years ago in a somewhat surprise move. Since then, Apple has successfully transitioned to the use of Intel processors in their Macs.
Up until January, Apple had ...
3rd iPhone Sensor is Another Proximity Sensor
iLounge reveals that Apple has included a second proximity sensor to the iPhone 3G to provide more accurate face-detection. This brings the total number of sensors to three (two proximity sensors, one ambient light sensor).
Apple previously included one proximity sensor near the earpiece of the original iPhone to prevent accidental key presses when the phone was held against your face. By...
Leaked 3rd Party iPhone 3G Cases Were Real [Updated]
Leaked case mold (left), and final product (right)
In the months leading up to the iPhone 3G launch, there were a few early 3rd party case leaks that claimed to depict the upcoming iPhone 3G design. First reports of the case specs came from iLounge. They accurately described tapered edge designs, a glossy plastic back, with white and black colors. One aspect of the original story that we...
Live Video Broadcasting from iPhone
NewTeeVee reports on a new demo video from FlixWagon demonstrating live vidcasting from the iPhone with their native Flixwagon software.
It appears the app is presently running on a Jailbroken iPhone but there do appear to be plans for an SDK version. Personal videocasting has become a more popular trend over the past few years. More demo videos can be seen at http://www.flixwagon.com/ip...
iPhone App Pricing and Submission Process
AppleInsider publishes some information released to some developers this week about how they can submit their iPhone/iPod Touch applications to the iTunes App Store.
Applications are submitted via iTunes Connect and do have an absolute size limitation of 2GB. Apps can be limited to specific geographic regions, and information about iPod Touch compatibility and game content ratings can also...
WWDC 2008 Apple Design Award Winners
Apple announced the winners of their annual Apple Design Awards (ADA) tonight. The Apple Design Awards, held at Moscone West during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development. With new categories for iPhone development, this year's Apple Design Awards will be more exciting than ever.The ADAs feature...
Bought an iPhone After May 27th? Get a Free iPhone 3G.
We keep receiving submissions that individuals who bought an iPhone after May 27th will be able to upgrade for free to the iPhone 3G (and get a refund for the price difference). While this news is welcome, I've previously neglected posting this as I wasn't sure if this news will actually help anyone.
This means someone had to have bought a 1st generation iPhone about 3 weeks after it had...
OmniFocus Task Management App for iPhone
iPhone Central took a brief look at Omni Group's iPhone version of their task management application, OmniFocus. OmniFocus won Best of Show at Macworld San Francisco 2008. Weve built OmniFocus to take a load off your mind by managing your tasks the way that you want, freeing you to focus your attention on the things that matter to you most. The iPhone version adds location support, which can ...
iTunes App Store: June 27th vs Early July?
Several sites (Yooph, AppleInsider) have posted an image found briefly on the Apple Australia iPod Touch page which listed June 27th as the release date for the iTunes App Store. The image was quickly pulled, however, and is unlikely to mean anything.
During the 2008 WWDC keynote speech, Jobs specifically said that the 2.0 Firmware would be delivered in "early July". And the iTunes App...
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Drops PowerPC Support?
Image from LogicielMac
LogicielMac publishes a screenshot of the system requirements for Mac OS X Snow Leopard which was seeded to developers this week. The requirements list the following:
- An Intel Processor
- An internal, external, or shared DVD drive
- At least 512 MB of RAM
- Display connected to an Apple-supplied video card
- 9GB of disk space, or 12GB for developer tools...
iPhone 3G Hands On, Notes, and Questions
On Monday, Apple officially announced the iPhone 3G. The final phone design matched up closely with expectations as spelled out in our pre-WWDC rumor roundup. The 3G/GPS iPhone also matched up closely with one of the first leaked iPhone photos originally published by iPod Observer. We will publish a full rumor scorecard later this week.
A few sites were able to get brief "hands on" time...
AT&T 3G Availability Map, 3G Data Plan $30
Map from TUAW, click for larger. Deep blue is 3G coverage.
AT&T provides a tool to let you know if you are in an area that receives 3G service. At the moment, 3G service is focused on major metropolitan areas. Fortunately, the iPhone 3G falls back to EDGE (2.5G) service if outside a 3G area.
Unfortunately, however, if you buy an iPhone 3G, you must purchase the 3G ($30/month) data plan...
P.A. Semi Acquisition for iPod and iPhone Chips
In the previously referenced New York Times article, Steve Jobs revealed that Apple's acquisition of P.A. Semi will be directed at the iPod and iPhone specifically PA Semi is going to do system-on-chips for iPhones and iPods, Apple acquired P.A. Semi in late April, and reports had suggested that Apple was not interested in any of their current technology. This generated some speculation about...
Apple Updates iMovie 7.1.2 and iDVD 7.0.2
Shortly after the QuickTime 7.5 upgrade, Apple also released updates for iMovie (7.1.2) and iDVD (7.0.2). Both updates require QuickTime 7.5 to be installed first.
The updates are both described to address general compatibility issues, improve overall stability, and address a number of other minor...
Native NetNewsWire RSS Reader for iPhone Previewed
Image from Arstechnica
Arstechnica has a preview of a native version of the popular NetNewsWire RSS reader for the iPhone. The iPhone version of NewNewsWire shares a lot of ideas and functionality with its big brother on the desktop, but Brent's tweaked the scope of the mobile version in such a way that it fits very nicely with the scope and purpose of what an iPhone application should be.The...
O2 Offers Free iPhone 3G with Certain Plans
O2 announced their plans for the iPhone 3G yesterday, revealing that the iPhone 3G will be fully subsidized (free) for certain rate plans: *Best of all, the new 8GB iPhone won't cost you a penny on our 45 and 75 tariffs. And it's just 99 on our 35 tariff and new 30 tariff.
All tariffs include unlimited browsing, free Wi-Fi, visual voicemail and require an 18 month contract. For existing iPhone...
Mac OS X 'Snow Leopard' Features and Parallel Computing [Updated]
Apple has posted pages for Mac OS X Snow Leopard for both server and client and describe a bit of what users can expect from the next OS X release. Apple promises that Snow Leopard "dramatically reduces the footprint of Mac OS X, making it even more efficient for users, and giving them back valuable hard drive space for their music and photos." Some early screenshots from the Developer seed of...
Apple Seeds Safari 4 to Developers
Apple has started seeding developers with an early version of Safari 4 (5526.11.2). The release comes amidst news of Apple's plans for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) which will focus on performance and quality.
In their press release for Snow Leopard, Apple revealed that Snow Leopard includes Safari "with the fastest implementation of JavaScript ever, increasing performance by 53 percent,...
