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' Open Letter to iPhone Owners ($100 Store Credit Offered)
Steve Jobs posted an open letter to iPhone owners today after the uproar over the $200 discount on the iPhone that was announced on Wednesday.
Jobs defends the price drop but acknowledges the need to take care of early customers: ... even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of...
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iPod Touch (a Touch OS X device)
As the dust settles from yesterday's announcements, many are looking at the iPod Touch and imagining how far its capabilities can be pushed.
Gizmodo received word that (unsurprisingly) the iPod Touch runs exactly the same applications as the existing iPhone. According to their contact the iPhone and iPod Touch "use the same damn binaries".
This means that existing 3rd party iPhone...
Apple Posts iTunes 7.4 with Ringtones Support
As promised, Apple has released iTunes 7.4. The release notes provide details of the following changes: With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively for iPhone with many of your favorite songs purchased from the iTunes Store. You can now also play purchased videos with closed...
iPod Touch vs iPhone Differences
iPhoneAtlas compiled a list of differences between the new iPod Touch and the current iPhone.
Amongst the differences:
- No Email, Maps, Stocks, Weather, or Camera in the iPod Touch
- Double tapping the iPod Touch's Home button twice when it is sleeping brings up touch controls to control your music
- iPod Touch has separate Contacts app and...
Videos of the iPod Nano and Interface
iLounge posted a video on Youtube showing off the iPod Nano and its new interface.
Apple has posted their own videos of the interface including Cover Flow, Music, Movies, TV Shows, PodCasts, AudioBooks, Games, Photos, and Extras....
Photos of the new iPods
Appleinsider posts some high quality photos of the new iPods released today.
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Official iPhone Refund Policy Tomorrow? [Updatedx2]
Apple's unexpected $200 iPhone price drop caught many of the iPhone's early adopters off guard and has generated a lot of animosity across ours and Apple's forums.
Those of you who have bought an iPhone in the past 14 days are eligible for a price protection guarantee... but if you bought before then, you may be out of luck.... or are you?
According to Veronica Belmont, she was told by a...
Apple Posts Quicktime Stream for 'Beat Goes On' Event
Apple has posted the Quicktime stream for today's event, which introduced a number of new/revised items:
- iPod Shuffle
- iPod Nano
- iPod Classic
- iPod Touch
- WiFi iTunes
- iTunes with Ringtone Support
- Apple/Starbucks Partnership
- 8GB iPhone Price Drop
Some additional details, photos
- iPod Nano TV Ad
- iPod Touch Guided Tour video
- iPod Touch hands-on video, iPod...
'The Beat Goes On' Live Event Coverage
As the event draws near, we will be updating this list with locations for live coverage of the media event. We will post news items as they become available and will also be providing SMS Updates. The event starts at 10AM Pacific, 1PM Eastern.
Live Coverage
The following sites offer text updates (and some have photos).
- Gizmodo
- Engadget
- Macworld
- MacDailyNews
- MacObserver
- ...
Apple to launch 'The Circle'?
Generation MP3 (French) offers a rumor that Apple will be launching some sort of Wi-fi service called 'The Circle' tomorrow.
Pocket-link provides a translation, but there are very few...
ezSkin for iPod 6G and Nano G3?
We're never certain what to believe with regard to 3rd party retailers when they "accidentally" release photos of accessories for unreleased products, but ezGear has posted images for what claim to be cases for the iPod 6G and Nano G3.
The images are consistent with rumors, and were uploaded on today. While some accessory makers likely do get some lead time before product releases,...
iPod Nano Interface Screenshots: Events and Cover Flow
ThinkSecret has updated their story which claims that a hard-drive based "touch-screen iPod" will take center stage tomorrow.
They also now reveal details about the iPod Nano, which is said to have a higher resolution display (320x240) with Flash-based capacities to top out at 12GB or 16GB.
They provide screenshots from the user interface videos, along with captures that were not previous...
NBC Television Shows Now Available on Amazon
NBC and Amazon announced today that NBC television content would now be available through Amazon's Unbox download service.. Popular NBC shows now available on Amazon Unbox include the Emmy Award-winning series The Office, the critically acclaimed drama Heroes, and...
New iChat (AIM) Clients for iPhone
Twenty08.com has released a beta version of MobileChat today -- a new AIM client for the iPhone. Features include:
- AIM Account Support
- IM Abilities
- Full Buddylist with Statuses
- Change status: Away & Online
- Suspend and stay online
- Sound notifications
- Popup Notifications
Meanwhile, the other native AIM client for the iPhone, Apollo IM, had a major update yesterday with a ...
Palm Cancels Foleo
In a surprising move, Palm has discontinued the unreleased Foleo mobile companion product that was announced with much fanfare at this year's D: All Things Digital Conference.
The blog entry written by Palm CEO Ed Colligan states that "it has become clear that the right path for Palm is to offer a single, consistent user experience around this new platform design and a single focus for our...
'The Beat Goes On' Rumor Roundup [Updated]
Last week, Apple sent out invitations for a media event on September 5th, 2007. The invitations pictured Apple's Cover Flow interface as well as a scene from the Mi Swing Es Tropical iPod ad. The caption on the invite reads "The beat goes on." Based on this alone, it seems clear that Apple will be updating their iPod line which has been long overdue.
In the months leading up to this...
Apple's iPhone Outsells All Other Smartphones in July
According to numbers from iSuppli, Apple's iPhone outsold all smartphones in the United States in July. This represents its first full month of sales and accounted for 1.8% of all U.S. mobile handsets. The two models of the iPhone on the market sold more than Research in Motion's Blackberry series, the entire Palm portfolio and any individual smartphone model from Motorola, Nokia or Samsung.
The ...
iPhoneRingToneMaker Supports Protected AAC
The maker of iPhoneRingToneMaker let us know that the newest version (1.3.1) was released on Monday with the new feature of support for Protected AAC songs purchased through iTunes.
The previous versions could not import/clip these songs, but the new version is said to offer this support under Windows XP.
iPhoneRingToneMaker is a shareware application for Windows but offers a full demo...
Apple to Push Video for iPod? And Produce its Own Content?
Smarthouse suggests that Apple may try to get into the content production business.
First, they claim that Apple is set to roll out a "massive marketing campaign" to push video iPods with the roll out of TV soaps and series to hook the customers on a recurring basis. According to "one insider", Apple has reportedly even looked into creating their own content but there have been concerns about ...
Apple's September 5th Keynote Outline?
As the September 5th event approaches, the rumors continue to build, with last minute claims and "leaks". One popular theme is a claim of an outline of the keynote speech. This has been claimed before a number of times, and has always been fake.
We've published the latest one for interest only, and don't believe it to be...
