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
'Get a Mac' Ads: Yoga and Breakthrough
Yoga featuring Judy Greer
Apple has posted two new 'Get a Mac' ads featuring actors Justin Long and John Hodgman playing "Mac" and "PC", respectively. The two new ads continue with some more attacks against Microsoft's Vista operating system, but also point out why Macs might work better:
Yoga - features Judy Greer as a Yoga instructor frustrated with Vista.
Breakthrough - brings...
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iPhone Shortage Points to New Model?
With news of an iPhone shortage, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster figures an 80% chance that a new iPhone is coming. He gives only a 20% chance that there is a production or manufacturing problem. Now Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has gone a little further, reporting that hes called around to 20 Apple stores around the U.S. and found the same thing. No iPhones to be had. Additionally, lead times on...
iTunes Now Selling Television Shows in Germany
Apple announced today that they have started selling television shows in Germany via iTunes. Shows from ProSieben, Sat.1, ZDF Enterprises, Brainpool and US broadcasters ABC Studios and MTV Networks are now available on the iTunes Store in Germany. "iTunes is the world's most popular online music and TV store with over four billion songs and 125 million TV episodes sold," said Eddy Cue, Apples...
iPhone Users Surveyed: Young, Non-Mac Owners, Want Apps
Rubicon Consulting published data from an online survey of 460 "randomly" selected iPhone users. Full PDF of results is available from Rubicon. They claim there's a 3.8% margin of error with a 90% confidence interval, but the validity of the data depends on how truly random their sampling was.
Summary of results:
- Email is the #1 function.
- iPhone increases mobile browsing with 75% of...
Apple Seeds Another Mac OS X 10.5.3 (9D11)
Hot on the heels of the 9D10 seed, Apple appears to be working aggressively on the next version of Mac OS X with a new developer release (9D11) only days after the first.
Apple has detailed 19 more fixes in the latest seed and has asked developers to focus testing on a broad range of features including AirPort, Dashboard, Back To My Mac, Automator, iCal, Printing, Time Machine and many others. ...
Apple Brand on the Rise, Microsoft on the Decline
A recent survey of nearly 2000 professionals and students have named Apple has the most inspiring brand and one that respondents could not live without.
The results come in the wake of another poll of about 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers which indicate that Microsoft has dropped from the number 12 ranking of most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004, down to number 59 this past year....
iPhone Ads: 'Bet', 'Brilliant', and 'Music Store'
Apple has posted three new television ads for the iPhone: Bet, Brilliant, and Music Store.
The new ads follow the same theme as their previous iPhone commercials, demonstrated specific features on the iPhone. 'Bet' shows how easy it is to lookup information on Safari to win a Bet. Brilliant demonstrates the iPhone's new "locate me" GPS-like functionality, and Music Store shows off the...
Apple Developing Full Multi-Touch Macs... for 2010?
Pipar Jaffray's Gene Munster claims that Apple is working on keyboard-less "full multi-touch Macs". According to the analyst, Apple "is already testing full multi-touch Macs, but the software requirements will likely lead to a launch timeframe of 2010", as reported by Appleinsider.
Munster expects Apple to advance their technology to include "complete MacBook touch with touchscreen keypad...
iPhone Shortage Across U.S.
Appleinsider reports that the supply of iPhones across the U.S. are near sold-out. The sudden shortfall has been further confirmed by reports from AppleInsider readers. In several cases, their own investigations reported all stores in a given state running out, including Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Many if not all AT&T stores were also said to have run out of inventory. The...
Happy April Fools: April 1, 2008
Today is April 1, 2008 and represents April Fools' Day -- so readers should be wary of hoaxes and claims at both news and rumor sites today. Today also represents Apple's 32nd anniversary. Apple was founded on April 1st, 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
While we avoid tainting our news stories with April Fools jokes, we've posted hidden April Fools' pages in the past:
2007. MacRumo...
The Evidence for a 3G iPhone... June 2008
There's been so much talk about the possibility of the "3G" iPhone, it can be hard to keep up with all the rumors. First of all, "3G" technology promises broadband-like speeds over wireless cellular networks. At present, the iPhone only offers 2.5G (EDGE) speeds, which means your web pages and email download at relatively slower speeds.
It's been no secret that the iPhone will eventually...
iPhone Pwnage Project Opens Up Possibilities [Update]
A group of iPhone developers will be releasing a new software tool today that will enable users to fully customize and control their iPhones. A Youtube video details what is possible with the tool.
The tool known as "Pwnage Tool" is currently a Mac OS X application that allows users to modify their iPhone's bootloader to allow it to boot any software. In its native state, the iPhone...
Apple Seeds First Mac OS X 10.5.3 (9d10) Version
Apple issued the first Mac OS X 10.5.3 seed (9d10) to developers yesterday. The latest update to Apple's Mac OS X Leopard addresses dozens of outstanding issues.
Fixes range from Dashboard, Parental Controls, iCal Synchronization, memory leaks and stability issues. All in all, 75 distinct bug fixes are listed in the accompanying seed notes.
A few known issues remain, and Apple...
Apple Updates Apple TV to 2.0.1
Apple quietly issued a new update to the Apple TV tonight. The 2.0.1 update is the first update since the Take 2 update that Apple announced at Macworld this year.
'Take 2' introduced Movie rentals, and revamped the entire Apple TV interface.
With such a small version increase, it may simply represent a bug fix release, but we will post a list of changes as we find them. Current Apple TV...
Apple Releases Aperture 2.1 with Plug Ins
Apple announced the immediate availability of the Aperture 2.1 update which is available as a free download for existing Aperture 2.0 customers. Version 2.1 introduces an open plug-in architecture that makes it easy to use 3rd party imaging software within Aperture itself: Aperture 2.1 includes the Apple-developed plug-in, Dodge & Burn, which adds brush-based tools for dodge (lighten), burn...
Apple Reinvesting in Handwriting Recognition?
Apple has started hiring for a new Handwriting Recognition Engineer. The job description specifically seeks someone who would be responsible for "advancing Apple's handwriting recognition technology for Mac OS X."
They even suggest that the recognition technology could extend beyond Mac OS X "to other applications and the iPhone."
Apple was one of the pioneers in handwriting recognition...
Apple Updates Mac Pro (Early 2008) EFI Firmware (1.3)
Apple posted an EFI Firmware update for Mac Pro owners today. The update "fixes several issues to improve the stability of Mac Pro (Early 2008) computers."
Once you download the update, you must run the Firmware Updater and follow the enclosed instructions for the update to take effect. To update the firmware on your Intel-based Mac Pro:
1. Quit all other open applications.
2. Click Shut ...
AirPort Extreme Update 2008-001 for Tiger
Apple posted an Airport update for those of you still running Tiger: This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers running Tiger OS and improves the reliability of AirPort connections....
Adobe Launches Web-based Photoshop Express
Adobe launched the public beta of their Photoshop Express web service today at https://www.photoshop.com/express/.
The site requires Flash Player 9 and offers an entirely web-based image editor. Photoshop Express is designed to be used essentially by anyone who uses a point and click digital camera, said Mack.
People can organize photos by dragging them into albums or create a gallery to...
Apple Updates iPhone SDK with Interface Builder
Apple released a new version of the free iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) which now includes Interface Builder.
Interface Builder is a tool for developers to visually create their user interface: Interface Builder makes creating an application's user interface easier by allowing developers to use its graphical editing environment to manage virtually every aspect of creating a well...
