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
20% of iPhones in France Unlocked, and Other Stats
Orange launched the iPhone in France last week and has sold 30,000 iPhones since that time. Due to French law, Orange is required to allow the phone to be unlocked 6 months after its purchase. In the meanwhile, however, they are allowing customers to pay an additional 100 euro to unlock their...
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Google Launches New iPhone Web Application
Google announced that they have launched a new web-based application for the Apple iPhone that integrates its multiple services into a single interface. The new application is based on AJAX/Web 2.0 technologies and is launched when an iPhone user visits http://www.google.com. To accomplish this, Google is taking advantage of browser technologies (like AJAX) that made Gmail and Google Maps...
Mobile Penryns to Launch on January 6th
DailyTech.com pinpoints the release of the upcoming mobile Penryn CPUs on January 6, 2008.
The upcoming mobile Penryn CPUs have been previously summarized and are expected to provide new processors that Apple could use in an upcoming MacBook Pro update.
Macworld San Francisco starts on January 14th, with a Keynote speech to be given by Steve Jobs on January...
30,000 iPhones Sold in France
France Telecom announced Wednesday that Orange sold close to 30,000 iphones in France since its launch last week.
Apple's iPhone launched in France on November...
Apple Orders 13.3'' LED Backlit Screens for Upcoming Laptop?
Digitimes claims that Apple has placed an order with Kenmos Technology and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology for 13.3-inch LED notebook backlight units for an upcoming Apple laptop: The sources disclosed that Nano-Op's LED notebook BLU [backlight units] shipments in November were only about 10,000 units, but Apple orders are expected drive up shipments to over 90,000 units in December....
T-Mobile Relocks iPhone in Germany
A German court overturned the temporary injunction issued against T-Mobile requiring it to sell unlocked iPhones in Germany.
Due to the injunction, T-Mobile had been required to offer an unlocked version of the Apple iPhone in Germany. The unlocked iPhone was priced at 999 euro, well above the standard 399 euro price for an iPhone with ...
Get a Mac Ads: 'Fastest Windows Vista notebook'
Apple has posted a new 'Get a Mac' ad on their website: Misprint. The new television ad is the latest in the ongoing campaign feature Justin Long and John Hodgman as 'Mac' and 'PC'.
Misprint focuses on a recent honor by PCMag.com who listed the MacBook Pro as the fastest Windows Vista notebook for 2007. The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The...
List of 10 'Awesome' iPhone Accessories
PCMag.com compiles a list of what it says are "10 Awesome iPhone Accessories".
The slideshow of products feature:
- Apple iPhone Dock
- iSkin revo
- BoxWave Screen Puffs
- MarWare Quick Vue case
- Incipio Technologies Bikini
- MacAlly mClip
- DLO Jam Jacket
- Belkin Sport Armband
- Jawbone Bluetooth headset
- Gomadic Rapid Car/Travel Charger
The list appears a bit heavy on...
Upcoming Mobile Intel Penryn Prototype Previewed
Taiwanese site Coolaler previewed an early version of Intel's upcoming Penryn X9000 CPU. A translation of some of the findings was provided by Fudzilla.
The CPU previewed was an engineering build of the unreleased mobile Penryn X9000 CPU clocked at 2.8GHz. Along with the 45-nm die shrink, the upcoming mobile CPUs increase the L2 cache, and boost processor speeds. The 3dmark06 benchmark for...
iPhone SMS Management Utility: Syphone Beta
Micromat has a utility called Syphone which is a freeware Mac application that lets you view, save and backup your SMS messages. The iPhone has a limit on the number of SMS messages it can store at one time. If this limit is exceeded, existing conversations must be deleted in order to make room for new messages. Syphone allows you to view and/or save any of these conversations, including...
iPhone and iPod Touch Pogo Stylus
Ten One Design has released the Pogo Stylus designed specifically for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
The sleek design of the Pogo Stylus features an ultra-light aluminum body with an anodized finish and laser graphics. The foam tip is soft, yet durable and conforms cleanly and precisely to the multi-touch screen. Sized for accuracy, it...
Pepsi to Team Up with Amazon for Superbowl MP3 Giveaway?
Pepsi and Amazon are negotiating a deal to give away up to 1 billion songs during a music-giveaway promotion that will launch during the 2008 Superbowl on February 3rd, according to Billboard Magazine. The deal is reminiscent of the early iTunes-Pepsi promotional giveaways that were launched at the 2004 and 2005 Superbowls.
In the upcoming promotion, however, Amazon will replace Apple as the...
Apple iTablet Mac Communicator?
Looprumors claims that Apple is poised to release a "Mac Communicator" device, which is designed to be an accessory to those who already own macs. Apple will gear this new device at those users who already own Macs. The iTablet will run its own version of Mac OS X Leopard, specifically designed for the device. The iTablet will interact with other devices better than an iPhone or iPod. Users will...
Next Generation iPhone Pushed to Mid-Late Summer 2008?
An EETimes report that a Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co. Inc. analyst believes that the 2nd Generation iPhone has been pushed into the mid-to-late summer 2008: ...due to a pushout in the introduction of such 'killer applications' as the second-generation iPhone from the March/April time frame to mid to late summer, demand for NAND in 1H08 could weaken more than...
Latest Safari/Webkit Builds Boost Javascript Performance
With the introduction of Safari 3, Apple's web browser has seen a significant number of improvements and performance enhancements. The latest nightly webkit builds have again been shown to be significantly faster at Javascript execution than even the final Safari 3.0 release. For comparison, Javascript Speed Test 2007 benchmarks are provided (smaller number faster)
Safari 3.0.4: 445ms...
Ultra-Portable MacBook Likely at Macworld San Francisco 2008?
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes that the likelihood of an ultra-portable MacBook is about 85% at Macworld San Francisco.
Munster bases this prediction on circulating rumors about the ultraportable MacBook that have been making the rounds amongst Mac rumor sites over the past few months. "As Macworld approaches, reports of an ultraportable MacBook are following patterns of...
Leopard Recognizes Windows Executable Format, Virtualization in the Works?
An interesting observation was noted on the Wine mailing list. As it turns out, new in Leopard is the ability to load and understand Windows Portable Executable (PE) files which is the common format for Windows applications and libaries. Understandably, the author raises a number of questions about the discovery: So this leads to the question. Whats going on? Is this a hold over from EFI which is ...
Google Gadgets Beta for Mac
Google has released a beta version of Google Gadgets for Mac. Google's Mac Blog provides some details about the release from Mike Pinkerton. This feature brings hundreds of existing Google Gadgets to Dashboard. You can add fun gadgets (such as bowling, virtual flower pot, or YouTube), useful gadgets (weather maps, driving directions, and news), and others that offer daily wisdom for the ages...
International 'Ready. Set. Shop.' Apple Sale
Apple will be offering a one day sale (November 30th) in their international online stores similar to the U.S. Black Friday sale last week.
The one day sale has already launched in Australia and is being promoted in their many international Apple Stores.
Discounts appear to be comparable to the U.S. Black Friday...
3G iPhone Due in 2008
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson confirmed that the 3G version of the iPhone would be made available "next year".
Plans for using the faster 3G data connection in the iPhone have not been secret. Steve Jobs has stated that a 3G iPhone is coming, but that the delay is due to excessive battery life consumption with existing 3G chipsets. The iPhone presently uses the EDGE...
