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
Steve Jobs with MacBook Air
After the keynote speech, Steve Jobs came back out on stage to pose with the new MacBook Air. Matthew Yohe managed to snap these photos (released under Creative Commons Attribution license):
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Quicktime Stream of MWSF 2008 Keynote
Apple has posted the a Quicktime stream of todays Keynote event: Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil Apple's latest innovations at the Macworld 2008 Conference in San Francisco, California. See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4.
Apple released a number of new products including
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First Look at the MacBook Air
After the keynote, we rushed over to the MacBook Air. We will be adding more photos to this post shortly. Brief impressions
- It is quite light and thin
- Multi-touch seems to work well
- Multi-touch acts differently in different apps. Testing in iPhoto, Finder, Safari. In Safari, three-finger swipe caused you to go Back and Forward in browser.
- Mac OS X 10.5.1
- Two DIMM slots While ...
Macworld San Francisco 2008 Keynote About to Start
Everyone is waiting for the keynote to start. The keynote kicks off at 9am Pacific, and we will provide live text and photo coverage at MacRumorsLive.com. The Apple Online Store is closed for updates. MacRumors.com will redirect to MacRumorsLive as the keynote approaches.
MacHeist is providing full sponsorship for our MacRumorsLive feed today. Buy their 11 application bundle for $49 ...
The Keynote Line Has Started [Updated]
Matthew Yohe provides us with this photo from the front of the keynote line. As of 10pm, there are approximately 20 people in the line. Regular conference pass people are in a separate line from the Super/Platinum Pass folk. Sadly, without keynote media access, I'll be joining them soon.
4:20 am PST Update: The line now stretches down the entire south side of Moscone West. I estimate...
Thin MacBook Design Details?
Wired mockup design
Wired's Gadget Blog claims to have last minute details on the thin MacBook that is expected to be released tomorrow at Steve Jobs' Keynote address. While Wired's Gadget Blog has not been a traditional source of Apple rumors, we presume they have a degree of confidence in this report to print it....
Amazon, Pepsi and Sony; Netflix Streaming
As we approach the Macworld Expo Keynote, a few industry news items that may be relevant to Apple:
Amazon, Pepsi and Sony
As previously reported, Amazon and Pepsi are teaming up for a 1 billion song giveaway to be launched during the Superbowl.
Meanwhile, Sony announced that it was the last of the major record...
MacBookAir.com Clarification
There was a flurry of discussion about the MacBookAir.com redirecting to:
http://www.apple.com/?Will+We+see+a+MacBookAir+on+Tuesday
This redirection is not an endorsement by Apple itself. Anyone can redirect any domain (they have control of) to any other domain and add a "query string" (?text). You can change it to whatever you want, and this query is passed to the web server. In this ...
Mac Office 2008 Benchmarks
MacTech benchmarks the new Mac Office 2008 and provides the following conclusion: In general, Office 2008 is faster than Office 2004 when run on Intel Macs. And, on the PowerPC (represented by our PowerBook G4), it certainly runs "well enough" albeit marginally slower.
Microsoft hosted a day-long conference on the new Office 2008. Attendees will reportedly receive a free copy of...
Apple.com 'Something in the Air' Teaser
Apple posted the 'Something in the Air' teaser campaign on their website, and promises that you will be able to watch the keynote on Apple.com on Tuesday afternoon (pre-recorded, not live). The banners were originally revealed on Friday at Macworld Expo's Moscone center.
Badge pickup started today. The Keynote address kicks off at 9am Pacific...
Macworld Badge Pickup Line
MacRumors reader Matthew Yohe was in the Badge Pickup line at 8am. I guess everyone was eager to get into the Microsoft Office 2008 preview....
MacBook Air Domain Names
Less than 24 hours to the Macworld Expo Keynote, and speculation runs rampant. MacDailyNews reports that a number of additional "MacBookAir" domains have been registered, apparently by Apple.
MacBookAir.net, MacBookAir.org, MacBookAir.us, MacBookAir.info, MacBookAir.biz have been registered by corporate registrar MarkMonitor. Most of the registration information is obscured, but the billing ...
'MacBook Air' Design Considerations
As the keynote approaches, it seems increasingly likely that Apple will be releasing a slim notebook at Macworld. We've heard more confirmations that the notebook will be called the 'Macbook Air' despite a significant amount of disbelief surrounding the product name.
For Apple to launch an extremely slim MacBook laptop, however, there are a few design considerations that should be recognized. ...
MacHeist Macworld Expo Software Bundle [All Unlocked]
MacRumors is a promotional partner for the latest Mac application bundle by MacHeist. Bundle sales through these links benefit MacRumors.com financially, and provide a way for readers to directly support this site. This application bundle currently contains 11 Mac applications for $49. The applications include:
1password - password manager
CoverSutra - iTunes controller
Cha-Ching - money...
No Mini-Tablet at Macworld?
Appleinsider reports that the rumored Newton-successor is not ready for launch at Macworld San Francisco this week.
Rumors of the return of the larger-than-iPhone tablet were revived back in September 2007 by Appleinsider. The new device is said to be powered by the same touch OS X which currently powers the iPhone, though with a more advanced implementation of multi-touch. The current...
Introducing the MacBook Air?
After the banners went up on Friday, we posted the whispers we'd heard about the upcoming thin Laptop, and that it would be called "MacBook Air".
9to5mac posts some notes about the history of this name, including a
Macworld San Francisco: Covered Banners, Early Shipments
Many bloggers and media (including MacRumors) have started to descend on San Francisco for Macworld Expo 2008. SetteB.IT managed to take an extensive gallery of photographs from the expo floor, including Apple's floor displays which were covered in their usual black tarps:
They even managed to get a blurry photo of a presentation, which appears to be showing GarageBand:
Full gallery...
Arriving in San Francisco...
Macworld 2008
Stand in line here for Keynote
I flew in this afternoon, and Longofest should be arriving tonight, and we'll be making our keynote preparations tomorrow. The keynote kicks off on Tuesday along with the opening of the Expo floor, so real coverage will begin...
Macworld San Francisco: "There's Something in the Air"
Appleinsider posts a series of photos from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the site of the 2008 Macworld San Francisco. The banners read :
2008. There's Something in the Air
Macworld San Francisco kicks off with Steve Jobs' keynote on Tuesday, January...
SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch?
ElectricPig.tv claims (via 9to5) they have an "extremely senior source" at Sling Media who says that an iPhone/iPod Touch version of their SlingPlayer client software is coming.
Sling Media sells the SlingBox which allows you to stream video from your home television over the internet to any supported device (Mac, PC, Mobile Phone). A native SlingPlayer port would bring that functionality...
