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
Mac OS X Leopard 9A527 Gallery
ThinkSecret has posted a gallery of the latest Mac OS X Leopard Build. Build 9A527, distributed last week to developers, represents a substantial improvement over the previous build, 9A499. On the whole, the build performs faster and has far fewer bugs than before.
They write that the new build has continuing signs of refinement with high-resolution icons, smaller application sizes and other...
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iPhone Accelerometer Demos? [Updated]
Gizmodo reports on one blog who claims to have been able to access the iPhone accelerometers to produce some interesting effects.
No one can yet attest to the accuracy of these demos, as they do seem a bit more sensitive than the accelerometers appear to be on the iPhone.
Update: Source code posted. As people have pointed out, Apple's use of the accelerometers for screen position would,...
Native Instant Messaging App for iPhone
TUAW reports on the first native Instant Messaging client for the iPhone.
The application is called Apollo IM and only provides support for AIM accounts at this time and is described as an "early beta" release.
With all native 3rd party iPhone applications, you need to use various tools/hacks to get the applications loaded. Doing so also may require you to restore your iPhone before...
AT&T Taking Action Against iPhone Unlocks?
Last week a number of iPhone unlocking claims were made by different individuals with one confirmed success. A second company (iPhoneUnlocking) also announced they had a software-only solution, but according to a press release, they claim to have been contacted by AT&T's law firm to prevent the release of their unlocking service. The sale of unlocking codes is on hold after the company received...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X Leopard (9A527/9A528a) [Updatedx4]
Apple appears to be accelerating seeds of Mac OS X Leopard to developers. After only 5 days since the last seed (9A500n), Apple has issued a new version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to developers.
The latest seed is listed at build 9A527 (client) and 9A528a (server), and reportedly list a number of less significant "known issues" compared to prior seeds.
MacScoop had previously reported that...
Fully SIM Unlocked iPhones
Engadget posts confirmation that iPhoneSimFree can provide a software application that will completely unlock the iPhone, allowing you to use other mobile network's SIM cards. The six-man team has been working non-stop since launch day, and they're officially the first to break Apple's SIM locks on the iPhone. It's done. Seriously. They wouldn't tell us when and how they would release it to the...
Apple iPod Event on September 5th, 2007?
Arstechnica claims that Apple will be holding a major event on September 5th, 2007 according to "sources within the company". Our sources are slim on details for exactly what will be announced, but said that at least one of the things that will come out of September 5th will be a new iPod.
September 5th falls on a Wednesday, which the author acknowledges is an unusual day for Apple to make...
iResQ iPhone Repair Service
iResQ announced today that they are offering repair services for the iPhone. iPhone repairs will be performed within 24 hours of receipt at the iResQ repair facility in Kansas City and customers are provided with the appropriate shipping materials and pre-paid labels to safely transport the units around the country.
According to the press release, they've already performed repairs on dozens of...
Intel Launches Mobile Extreme CPU (Already in iMac)
Intel announced the Core 2 Extreme X7900 yesterday at Games Convention 2007.
The 2.8GHz Merom processor offers a 4MB L2 cache with support for 800MHz Front Side Bus.
Readers will recognize this chip as the chip that was announced in the iMac on August 7th as a high end configuration. It appears that Apple is able to get preferential shipments on upcoming Intel processors. Intel had pre...
AT&T Will Unlock Your iPhone... After 2 Years? [Update: No.]
A USA Today article discusses the practice of locking cell phones to providers. Apple's iPhone, for example, is "locked" to AT&T and can not easily be used with other cell phone providers.
AT&T's Jim Cicconi offers an interesting comment that AT&T will "gladly unlock" a customer's phone once the contract has been fulfilled. Apple's iPhone requires a 2 year contract with AT&T.
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A Walking Advertisement
By my calculations, Apple owes me at least a couple grand.
No, no, hear me out! I have a perfectly thought-out, impeccable line of thought to go with this assertion.
Every single time I get out my iPhone to do something mundane like make a call or check the traffic, I always get people asking me about it.I can't tell you how many times I've given iPhone demos. Though sometimes I...
iPod Touch Details?
9to5mac claims to have knowledge of the upcoming full-size iPod which they are refering to as the "iPod Touch".
According to the site, the OS X based iPod will share a similar look to the current iPhone, complete with "home" button and a 480x320 pixel screen. Compared to the iPhone, the outer ridge is said to be black, with a slightly thicker case.
A report from earlier today from Appleinsi...
OS X Based iPods at Media Event in September?
Appleinsider claims that Apple will be holding a media event "in mid to late September" to unveil OS X based iPods -- bringing OS X to its entire product line.
The rumor site expects "as many as four new models" many of which will utilize NAND flash memory, as well as the long awaited "full screen iPod". Sources in the Far East -- where Apple manufacturers its digital music players -- have...
Apple Update iMovie '08 to 7.0.1
Apple has posted an update to iMovie '08 today. This update addresses issues associated with publishing to .Mac Web Gallery. It also improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues.
Apple released iMovie '08 with iLife '08 in August. The new version rewrote iMovie from scratch, leading to some transition pains....
iPod Nano Photos?
9to5Mac posted what is purported to be photos of the upcoming iPod Nano. The images depict what has been described by the site previously. Shorter iPods in a number of colors.
Images removed from various sites by request of Apple Legal
ThinkSecret also believed that an upcoming iPod revision would see "shorter" iPods, but 9to5mac has been persistent that these represent iPod...
iPhone Safari 'Action' Pop Up?
Forum user photobiker notes an interesting pop-up that appears in certain situations in the iPhone's Safari browser. Holding and pressing in the margin of a webpage (near the edge of the screen) brings up a small pop-up titled "Action".
Steps to bring it up:
- Open Safari on the iPhone
- Visit a page with some margins, like most pages have (the pictures were taken with...
Apple Releases iPhone 1.0.2 Update
Apple has posted iPhone Update 1.0.2. Available via iTunes.
The update only lists "bug fixes" as its description and weighs in at 3.7MB. According to early reports, no new features have been noted.
Users who have hacked their iPhone may see problems with their update. In these situations, you may be required to restore to factory default and then update, but you may lose your backups.
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Adobe's h.264 Details
For those interested in the details of Adobe's actual implementation of h.264 in their upcoming Flash player, this blog post provides an indepth look into what is supported and what is not.
Posted by Adobe engineer, Tinic...
Samsung Announces 160GB 1.8" Hard Drive
Samsung has announced a 160GB 1.8" Hard Drive that would be suitable for use in devices such as Apple's iPod. The 1.8 HDD has gained momentum from the mobile consumer markets as the storage medium of choice by providing high volume solutions at the most economical price points. Devices such as MP3 players and personal media players are using the 1.8 HDD as the storage medium to support music...
iPhone Application Installer
Installer.app promises to provide an easy interface to install iPhone applications over EDGE or Wifi.
The iPhone installable application does require you to go through installation process at least once to get their installer on your phone. Fortunately, they are offering what they describe as a "single command" installer to jump start the process: New! We now have a single command Mac (PPC &...
