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
Are Long Fingernails Compatible with iPhone?
Are there any problems with the iPhone that we girls may face that the average male wouldnt? Do long fingernails, for example, interfere with the use of the iPhone's touch interface in any way? Lets find out.
I've been texting on the iPhone like mad ever since I got it. Texting is the easiest way to get in touch with most of my friends, so if it didnt work well with long fingernails, my nails ...
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Brushed Aluminum iMacs in August?
ThinkSecret believes that the next generation iMac is in line for release in August with a brushed aluminum enclosure at only two inches thick: The elegant new enclosure will somewhat resemble the current white iMac but is said to feature a shorter space below the actual display, where most of the internals are housed.
The new iMac is expected to be based on the Santa Rosa architecture and will...
Using AIM (iChat) Over SMS
One criticism about the iPhone is the lack of a dedicated iChat/AIM client. Some have tried to use Web 2.0 Instant Messaging applications such as Meebo with mixed results.
Forum user dontwalkhand provides an interesting tip that allows you to actually log into AIM over SMS and send and receive messages as if you are logged in. This means that you appear on your friend's buddy lists as logged ...
Apple's Demands of Vodafone
Guardian.co.uk reports that the reason Vodafone decided not to partner with Apple for the UK iPhone launch is due to Apple's demands. Apple is understood to be demanding that its European mobile phone partners hand over a significant proportion of revenues generated by the iPhone and restrict the content that users can access.
O2 is rumored to have won the deal, though no contract has been signed ...
iPhoneDevCamp This Weekend
The first iPhoneDevCamp takes place this weekend in San Francisco, CA. The 3 day event invites interested individuals to come develop web-based applications and optimize web sites for the iPhone.
It's a non-commercial event with free attendance. Attendees will be able to:
Create new web applications for iPhone.
Optimize existing web applications for iPhone.
Migrate Dashboard Widgets to ...
Next Big Thing: $5.99 and $6.99 Albums on iTunes
As noted by Engadget, Apple's iTunes store is now offering a Next Big Thing (iTunes Link) section with albums that are priced at $5.99 and $6.99 per album: Well, we're halfway through the year and iTunes has a fine selection of artists who we think have the true grit (or pure luck) it takes to become...
Universal Confirms iTunes Contract Change
Macworld.co.uk confirms an earlier rumor that Universal would not be renewing their long term contract with Apple for iTunes music distribution. "Universal Music Group has decided not to renew its long-term agreement for Apples iTunes service. Universal Music Group will now market its music to iTunes in an at will capacity, as it does with its other retail partners."
Macworld.co.uk suggests that ...
David Pogue's iPhone: The Musical
David Pogue, of the New York Times, published an iPhone music video on the NYTimes.com sung to the tune "If I Had it My Way".
Very well done and worth a...
iPhone Impressions from a Treo User
Michael Ducker, former senior editor of TreoCentral, offers his impressions of the iPhone (at phonedifferent.com) from the perspective of a long term Treo user.
He covers the typical areas which he feels the iPhone succeeded (touch interface, camera, transitions, keyboard) and areas that need improvement (dialing, stability, consistency, data entry), but does feel the iPhone is a game-changing ...
Flash Plug-in For iPhone Coming Soon?
Walt Mossberg answers a number of common iPhone questions but also suggests that a Flash plug-in will be coming soon from Apple. At launch, the iPhone version of the Safari browser is missing some plug-ins needed for playing common types of Web videos. The most important of these is the plug-in for Adobes Flash technology. Apple says it plans to add that plug-in through an early software update,...
Apple Investigating Multitouch Mouse
Hrmpf notes that Apple has applied for a patent (in March 2006) which extends the concept of Multitouch to a computer mouse.
The user would be able to perform gestures such as pinching or a virtual scroll wheel on the surface of the mouse. In one embodiment, the touch-sensitive mouse would use an internal light source and a optically transmissive surface to track finger positions. ...
Diamenty Game: Bejeweled Clone for iPhone
Arkadiusz Młynarczyk (forum name: myiphone) has created a web-based game designed for the iPhone called Diamenty.
The web based game is a clone of PopCap's Bejeweled and provides an impressive interface for an entirely web/javascript game.
He is also the author of http://sudoku.myiphone.pl/, a Suduko port also designed for the iPhone.
The game is being distributed as...
iPhone Sells Out of Apple Stores (Almost)
With the exception of the Apple Store in Tigard, OR and one in Pittsburgh, PA, Apple Retail is sold out of the iPhone nationwide for July 5th, 2007 -- according to Apple's iPhone availability tool.
While the July 4th holiday may have delayed shipments today, in-store availability has steadily been declining since the iPhone launch.
Apple's online store continues to cite 2-4 week delays in...
iPhone iPod: What's wrong with you?!
Lunch time. I take off my embroidered toy store apron, clock out in the POS, and scamper off to Whole Foods for a quick lunch of vegetarian lentil and spinach soup and a ciabatta roll.
Eating my soup, browsing the internet on EDGE, listening to some sweet, sweet Matt the Electrician. I click into a text box on Facebook and start typing. The music cuts off, and I return to the home screen.
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Apple to Partner with O2 in UK, Orange in France, No 3G?
TimesOnline.co.uk reports that O2 has won rights for exclusive UK rights to the iPhone. O2 has beaten its rivals to win the exclusive UK rights to offer Apples iPhone. The tie-up, the mobile phone industrys most sought-after deal in years, marks a major coup for the 18 million-customer group. The final contract is expected to be signed imminently.
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The deal will come as a bitter...
New iLife Gone Golden Master?
MacScoop believes that the new version of Apple's iLife suite has gone "Golden Master" -- meaning it is complete and ready for distribution. The development of the new iLife suite was actually finished a few weeks ago and nothing prevents Apple from releasing it during the summer or on early September, sources told MacScoop.
Many expected the iLife update at Macworld San Francisco 2007, but Apple ...
iPhone: Vodafone, T-Mobile Carriers, and Ringtones?
A few tidbits coming out about iPhone hacking/modification efforts. The full file listing for the iPhone has been found, and a few interesting tidbits can be gleaned from the files:
Besides AT&T and Cingular, there are logo images for T-Mobile and Vodafone in the iPhone's file system. Default_CARRIER_ATT.png
Default_CARRIER_CINGULAR.png
Default_CARRIER_TMOBILE.png...
Tip: Double Finger Scrolling. Triple Finger Possible?
This tip may prove useful to some. Forum user, technocoy noticed that the Safari on the iPhone intercepts a double-finger scroll differently than the usual single-touch scroll.
One issue for some web applications, including David Cann's iPhoneChat (iPhone Link) is the inability to scroll framed elements. In iPhoneiChat, this means users are unable to scroll long buddy lists with a simple...
Test Your iPhone Network Speed
Interested to see how your EDGE (or Wifi) network speed compares to others across the country?
iPhoneNetworkTest.com provides a simple iPhone interface to test the download speed of your iPhone.
As of this writing, the Average WiFi speed was 1146.6153 kbps and the Average EDGE speed was 212.6743 kbps. MacRumors users have been posting their speeds and locations in the comment thread....
Ringtones Stored as AAC Files on iPhone
There are a number of ongoing efforts to unlock/activate or otherwise customize the iPhone. One of the (seemingly) more successful ones has managed to get a full listing of the iPhone's filesystem.
There isn't a whole lot revealed in the iPhone's file system contents, but one tidbit is that Ringtones appear to be stored as .m4a (unprotected AAC) files, suggesting that adding custom ringtones...
