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
Universal Music 'Free Music' Plan to Take on iTunes
Businessweek details the plans of Universal chief Doug Morris to take on Apple's iTunes music service.
Morris was once a proponent of Apple's iTunes music store, but has since changed his tune. According to Businessweek sources, Morris is joining forces with other record companies to launch an "industry-owned" subscription service.
Representing 75% of music sold in the U.S., they would ask ...
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's Time Machine
AppleInsider explores the new Time Machine backup feature in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Time Machine is one of the most visually prominent new features demonstrated in Mac OS X Leopard, even if the core idea of backups is as old -- or perhaps older -- than the concept of having any data...
'LucidTouch' Backside Touch Screen Prototype
Gizmodo points to a Youtube video and New Scientist article which detail and demonstrate a technology called "LucidTouch" developed by Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.
The prototype video demonstrates a user using the back of the device as a touch surface to manipulate objects on the screen. The prototype uses a mounted video camera to provide visual feedback on screen as to where the...
Ambrosia Releases WireTap Studio 1.0
As a followup to our early Preview of WireTap Studio, today Ambrosia Software released version 1.0 of WireTap Studio.
WireTap Studio is a rewrite of the Wiretap Pro application and is aimed as a mid-range solution for anyone who records audio. What we tried to do with the editor is make something that did 90% of what people do with recorded audio extremely well. We're not competing with Peak or ...
Apple's Consumer Marketshare Much Higher?
Fortune's Apple 2.0 Blog reports on an analyst research note by Berstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi Jr that reframes some of Apple's notebook marketshare numbers.
In breaking notebook shares into 5 separate price ranges (quintiles), Sacconaghi found that Apple's marketshare amongst the most expensive quintile of notebooks was as high as 29%. Of course, also based on his data, Apple lost...
Class Action Lawsuits on iPhone Monopoly
Two lawsuits against Apple and AT&T were filed on October 5th in San Jose, California accusing Apple and AT&T of engaging in illegal monopolistic behavior.
Both lawsuits accuse Apple of unfair business practices: By not allowing other carriers to serve the iPhone, the two companies conspired from the beginning of their partnership to maintain a monopoly, the federal lawsuit alleges....
Apple Launches WebApps Directory
Apple has launched a directory of web-based applications designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch at http://www.apple.com/webapps/.
Applications are divided into a number of categories, including Calculate, Entertainment, Games, News, Productivity, Search Tools, Social Networking, Sports, Travel, Utilities, and Weather. Developers are invited to submit their own applications for inclusion in the ...
Sharp's LCD and Scanner: An Integrated Sensing Display?
Sharp recently made some headlines with the demonstration of a prototype LCD that doubled as a scanner.
The 3.5" LCD screen integrated an optical scanner that could be used to scan business cards, but also be used as a method for multi-touch input. The screen, on show at the Ceatec exhibition, features an optical scanner for each LCD pixel, and could also be used to recognise fingers or...
iPhoneSimFree 1.1.1 iPhone Unlock
iPhoneSimFree claims to have a working version of their software SIM unlocking application for iPhone 1.1.1. They credit the iPhone Dev Team for finding a method for "jailbreaking" the 1.1.1 filesystem. The side effect is that they are now able to load their SIMFREE software onto the iPhone. Our sincere congratulations, to the iPhone/ iTouch Dev Team for their brilliant work in finding an...
Mac OS X Leopard's Spaces
AppleInsider provides a look at Apple's implementation of Spaces in their upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and the origins of such virtual workspaces. Spaces in Leopard -- like any virtual desktop system -- allows the user more room for their windows to live in. As with any other platform, Apple had to address two inherent problems with virtual desktops: third party developer support and user...
Apple to Announce 3rd Party iPhone App Development?
Tidbits's Glenn Fleishman claims that he has heard from a number of sources that Apple is nearing an announcement "of some sort" regarding 3rd party application development on the iPhone.
Details are unknown but the announcement is expected "soon" and perhaps as early as this week. The bits and pieces I've heard are maddeningly non-specific: I don't know, for instance, whether a full software...
Another iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak Method
iPhone Atlas reports on another Jailbreak method that has been published today -- this time from the iPhone Dev Team. Unlike the previously described method, this Jailbreak does not involve the use of the TIFF exploit, which is likely to be patched in a future update.
The process is described as "somewhat involved" but well documented. All files are available at:
http://conceitedsoftware.com...
Free UK iPhone Contract Upgrade for Existing O2 Customers?
Stuff.tv reports that O2 has confirmed that existing contract customers who switch over to an iPhone contract will get a free iPhone contract upgrade, but only if you've had your current contract before the September 19th iPhone announcement. Customers who signed up after September 19th are not eligible for the...
Apple and Orange: iPhone France Negotiations, Unlocked iPhones
During Steve Jobs' european tour last month, Apple announced partnerships with T-Mobile and O2 to provide the iPhone in both Germany and the UK. Notably absent, however, was the iPhone announcement for France. Orange had been long rumored to be the likely carrier for iPhone in France, and Orange even announced that they would indeed be the exclusive iPhone carrier. Apple, however, has remained ...
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Dock 1.6
Appleinsider provides another look at the most recent developer's build of Leopard with a focus on the history and improvements in the Finder's Dock. It's therefore notable that Leopard sports an entirely new Dock appearance, which now presents its icons as three dimensional objects sitting on a translucent glass shelf, rather than flat objects stuck in a translucent ribbon of icon flypaper....
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 'Finalized'? (Update: Not GM Yet)
According to a source of AppleInsider, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is "finalized" and support staff have been provided Leopard-related training materials.
The last publicly available Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard seed (9A559) was released to developers on September 21st, 2007. There is no word whether or not this seed represents the "Gold Master".
Apple has previously announced that Leopard will be...
1Passwd: Store Passwords on your iPhone
Switchersblog details a new feature in the latest beta of 1Passwd -- a Mac password manager application.
The new version adds a "Sync to iPhone" feature which exports all your stored passwords into an encrypted Safari Bookmarklet. The Bookmarklet is accessible from the iPhone's Safari bookmark list and protected by a password.
The beta version of the software is available on their beta ...
New MacBooks by November?
ThinkSecret reports that Apple is set to introduce new MacBook updates soon after the release of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5). Leopard is rumored to be launched on October 26th, and the rumor site expects the new MacBooks to be in the hands of consumers "by the first half of November, if not sooner."
According to their sources, the MacBook update will be a relatively modest update, and simply bump ...
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Finder
AppleInsider looks at the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Finder and also provides some historical perspective. Overall the Leopard Finder is described as "a clean refinement of what we already have in Tiger" with a number of subtle and useful updates.
Meanwhile, Leopard's Cover Flow is described as "more useful than one might imagine" since Leopard will now generate a live preview icon...
Preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 'Jailbreak', Ringtones Soon?
When Apple released the iPhone 1.1.1 update, they broke a number of 3rd party hacks for the iPhone. This included all 3rd party applications as well as ringtone applications such as iToner.
TUAW reports that the iPhone Dev team has found a way to "jailbreak" 1.1.1. "Jailbreak"-ing is the process that allows 3rd party developers to deploy...
