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
Google's Picasa Optimized for iPhone
This may have been part of Google's previous iPhone optimized announcement, but Google's Mobile Blog discusses the launch of the iPhone optimized version of Picasa, along with some screenshots.
Today, I'm happy to tell you that we've just released this new iPhone interface for Picasa. After you go to Picasa on your iPhone and log in, you can quickly see all your albums that you've uploaded to...
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iPhone Tops Time's Top 10 Gadgets of 2007
Time has already named the iPhone the invention of the year. Now, it tops their list of Top 10 Gadgets of 2007. The iPhone changed the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform. The design is exceptional inside and out: It's got a slick glass-and-stainless steel case and an elegant touch screen loaded with eye candy. It's an iPod and a 2-megapixel camera. Images...
TomTom Developing GPS Module for iPhone?
Engadget posts a photo claiming to be an upcoming TomTom GPS module for the iPhone.
The poor quality image depicts a small add-on device which plugs into the bottom of the iPhone. Meanwhile, the screen shows a typical GPS view.
The validity of the photo itself is difficult to assess, however, its been rumored that select developers may already have access to Apple's upcoming SDK. It's...
3G iPhone and Apple TV Updates in 2008?
Apple is likely to introduce two (one minor, one major) iPhone revisions along with a major Apple TV update in 2008 according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
These conclusions are based on meetings with "key component suppliers and manufacturers" in Asia.
The two iPhone revisions are predicted to be
- Increase in Flash storage (minor update, earlier in the year)
- 2nd Generation iPhone with...
Apple Launches Television Content on iTunes Canada
Apple announced today that they've launched television sales for the iTunes Store in Canada. "We're thrilled to bring television programming to the iTunes Store in Canada in time for the holiday season," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "We're off to a great start with hit shows from CBC, CTV, Comedy Central and MTV Networks, along with the best of classic and current NHL action."
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ProPremote Pro Tools Controller App for iPhone
Gizmodo shows off a video of a 3rd party application for the iPhone that allows you to wirelessly control Pro Tools LE with realtime feedback. "ProRemote will be going into beta next week," Alex told us, "currently the server is Mac only but will be an easy port to Windows later on (one thing at a time!) It is nearly feature complete now and runs on jailbroken iPhones and iPod touches."
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Mac Office 2008 Goes Gold
Microsoft's Office 2008 has reportedly gone gold and released to manufacturing. Office 2008 is expected to be released at Macworld San Francisco 2008 in January.
Microsoft offers a preview page detailing many of the new features of Office 2008.
For those waiting to purchase Office 2008, Microsoft is offering a "Super...
Sprint to 'Soft Launch' WiMax Network
Sprint will be "soft-launching" their new WiMax wireless network known as XOHM later this week, according to MacNN. The initial plans will make make WiMax networks available in downtown Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
The official launch is reported to be in the 2nd quarter of 2008 when a number of WiMax enabled laptops are expected to be released. Sprint expects 100 million...
EDGE vs 3G Shootout Video
A video and blog post at AppleiPhoneInfo.de (German) pits the Apple iPhone against a Nokia E61i in web page load speeds. The iPhone, of course, uses the EDGE (2.5g) network while the Nokia uses a faster UMTS (3g) network.
Despite the network differences, the website load times compared between the two were not that different, demonstrating that the iPhone's rendering capabilities far exceeded ...
December MacUpdate Software Bundle Sale [11th App Added]
Update: 11th Application (iWow 2 - $11.99 value) added for all purchasers of the bundle. Buy Bundle - $49.99.
MacRumors has partnered with MacUpdate to promote their latest Mac application bundle. Bundle sales through these links benefit MacRumors.com financially, and provide a way for readers to directly support this site.
The latest bundle delivers up to 10 Mac applications for $49.99...
Navizon Lite Global Positioning for iPhone
Navizon has released a new version of Navizon called "Navizon Lite" which provides global positioning capabilities to iPhones based on cellular tower triangulation.
The product differs from the full version ($24.99) of Navizon by removing the Wi-fi positioning capabilities. This makes the Lite version accurate to 1000 meters, rather than up to 10-30 meters with Wi-Fi sensing available....
Apple Ultra-Portable MacBook Rumor Roundup
As rumors start to build for Macworld San Francisco 2008, the most consistent rumor appears to be one of an ultra-portable Apple notebook computer.
These rumors started back in March 2006 by MacScoop who indicated that "very reliable" sources had indicated that Apple was planning on releasing an "ultra-thin 12 inch Mac Book Pro". More confirmation came from an analyst, Benjamin Reitzes in...
Jonathan Ive in Line to Succeed Steve Jobs?
Though mostly speculative, Timesonline.co.uk profiles Apple's Vice-President of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive, as a possible successor CEO to Steve Jobs.
The author suggests that there has been some call for a plan for 'Apple after Steve Jobs', who is currently 52 years old. Jonathan Ive might be the man to take that place. Ive and Jobs are said to share a similar perfectionist attitude...
D.Phone To Deliver iPhone in China?
Chinatechnews claims that D.Phone has acquired rights to the iPhone in China. Chen Jingsheng, vice president of D.Phone, has told Chinese media that D.Phone has signed a strategic agreement with Apple for the iPhone and iPhone will be first sold at D.Phone's stores after it enters the Chinese market.
The iPhone will reportedly come to China in 2008 near the Spring Festival...
Apple's $15 Billion Cash Reserve
A Fortune blog explores what Apple could be doing with their $15 billion cash reserve that they have accumulated in the past few years.
When asked about Apple's plans, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer simply stated that having a few billion on hand helps to fund big projects, though there reportedly had been discussion about buying back shares or issuing dividends to Apple stock...
iPhone Winning Corporate Customers
A Reuters report indicates that Apple's iPhone has started making inroads with corporate customers despite initial criticisms about its suitability for that market.
Earlier this week, SAP announced that they would be introducing a version of their sales-force automation software for the iPhone before introducing mobile versions for more traditional corporate devices, such as the BlackBerry and ...
Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1.1 with Leopard Compatibility
Adobe has released the Premiere Pro CS3 3.1.1 update which brings Leopard compatibility and important bug fixes.
The 54MB is available for download from Adobe. Adobe announced in October that they would be rolling out Leopard compatibility for several of its applications through December and...
3G iPhone and $1500 'Super Laptop' in 2008
CNBC's Jim Goldman reports on rumors from "a very good source of [his] with good connections to Apple's Asian manufacturing partners."
Goldman has heard that Apple will be making headlines in the next weeks-to-months related to the iPod Touch, iPhone and ultra-portable laptop.
- iPod touch is said to have had its manufacturing increased substantially to 5.1 million units for the holiday...
Volkswagen and Apple 'iCar' Project On Hold?
In August, a rumor circulated that Apple and Volkswagen were in early meetings to work on incorporating Apple products into Volkswagen compact cars. The most recent reports, coming from PressPortal.de indicate that the project is "shaky" but that Apple has been in talks with other car manufacturers.
Translation via Jalopnik: The exploratory talks on a cooperation of the Wolfsburg-based...
Native MMS Application for iPhone
A native MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) application has been released for the iPhone. The 0.1 release only allows sending MMS messages and will not receive them. MMS allows you to send multimedia (such as photos) to others via text-messaging. In it's current incarnation, the iPhone only supports SMS (text messaging).
The application is still an early version and requires some manual...
