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
WWDC Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9A466 Gallery
ThinkSecret has posted a gallery and article detailing the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard beta that was released to developers at WWDC last week.
The screenshots depict many of the features described at WWDC including:
- Transparent menu bar and 3d Dock
- Spaces preferences
- Cover Flow
- More prominent front window
- Time Machine prefs
- Stacks...
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iPhone Browser Capabilities and Guidelines
University of Washington's Emerging Technology group published notes from Apple's Developing Web Sites for iPhone session from WWDC last week. The blog entry provides some interesting information for users and web developers alike about the iPhone's capabilities, and has been summarized below.
Apple listed what the iPhone offers for websites: Removed per Apple's request
A few iPhone size...
Nintendo iPhone Games?
NoHeat.com claims that Nintendo has begun working with Apple on exclusive games to be released for the iPhone at $29.00 a piece and sold through the iTunes Store. A major hangup in development has been the lack of buttons on the iPhone that was remedied by a touchscreen D-pad. One might wonder how Nintendo fans may see view playing on a phone without a traditional D-pad....
Review of WWDC Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)
Wired posts an "unofficial" review of Apple's WWDC version of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). With Leopard, Apple has added a thick coat of polish to an already elegant operating system. The upgraded OS isn't all glitz and glam, though. Mac's core applications have been rendered more friendly by the addition of stronger visual cues, animated actions and detailed user interface refinements.
The article...
20" and 24" iMacs Due Mid-to-Late Summer
Appleinsider reports that the long awaited iMac updates will finally be released in mid to late summer -- "sometime between the latter half of July and mid-August".
Appleinsider reiterates that the 20" and 24" iMacs will see radical redesigns "both slimmer and sleeker" than today's ...
Apple iPhone Glass Surface and Battery Life Improved
Apple issued a press release today indicating that the iPhone has seen a few improvements since it was first introduced in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hoursmore than 10 daysof standby time.
The press release also reports that the 3.5" display...
Apple iWork - Now in 3D?
Apple's iWork suite is a bit overdue for an update. Many expected Apple to update the iWork suite on its usual schedule in January of 2007... but no update arrived.
People then speculated that Apple would release iWork (and iLife) updates alongside Leopard, but Steve Jobs made no comment about the productivity suites during the WWDC keynote.
A new job posting posted by Apple on June 13th...
iChat on iPhone (Web app)
iPhoneChat is the latest iPhone-aimed web applications that we should expect to come out for Apple's iPhone.
iPhoneChat allows you to log into your iChat/AIM instant messaging account with buddy list support. Use your mouse to flick (drag and release) your buddy list up and down like you're supposed to on the iPhone. Click a buddy to start a conversation. You can open multiple conversations......
Mac OS X Leopard Screenshots
Wired posted and then removed screenshots (Google cache) from the WWDC Developer's Build of Mac OS X Leopard.
Installation of the Leopard went smoothly on their Quad-Core Xeon Mac Pro, and their first impressions were solid: Leopard already looks very sleek -- the reflective dock, translucent menu bar and deeper drop shadows behind active windows give the desktop more space-aged gloss....
Yellow Box for Windows Still Exists? [Updated]
Over 10 years ago, during the transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X (Rhapsody), Apple promised write-once, deploy everywhere functionality ("Yellow Box") to developers in the then upcoming Mac OS X platform. Yellow Boxes for Intel and Mac OS would in theory make the Yellow Box the premiere choice for cross-platform development, because developers could deliver applications that run on Rhapsody...
Apple Unable to Find iPhone Partner in Europe?
A Vnunet.com article claims that European mobile operators are unwilling to concede to Apple's iPhone partnership demands. "Operators consistently told us, not for attribution, of course, that they had spoken to Apple and found the company 'unbelievably arrogant', making demands that 'simply cannot be justified no...
Unofficial iPhone New York Ad
We don't have the backstory on this ad, but iPhoneNewYorkCity.com hosts an unofficial iPhone television advertisement created by Alec Sutherland, Anthony Hechanova, and Todd DosSantos.
The ad flashes between different people from different cultures and languages in New York City discussing the iPhone. "No buttons, huh?" ... "Just touch the screen" ... "zoom in just by stretching your...
Safari for Windows Updated to 3.0.1
After security concerns about Apple's new Safari Beta for Windows arose earlier this week, Apple has issued an update to Safari for Windows.
According to Macworld, the update addresses a number of security issues: The security improvements in Safari Beta 3.0.1 include correction for a "command injection vulnerability," corrected with additional processing and validation of URLs that could...
Amazon Offers Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) for Pre-Order [Update]
Amazon has begun offering Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) for pre-ordering on their website.
Amazon first offered Leopard for presale on June 12th, a day after Apple's WWDC keynote announcing Leopard's new features. It is already ranked as the 51st most popular...
First Hand Reports on WWDC's Leopard 9A466
With WWDC in full swing, few first hand reports of Apple's Mac OS X Developer Build of Leopard have been leaked. The reason for this is that beyond the keynote, the remainder of Apple's conference is under a strict non disclosure agreement. A few tidbits, however, have been posted publicly online:
First Hand with Leopard
One blogger posted these positive impressions Mail is really great, ...
iPhone on June 29th at 6pm 'Local Time'
While Steve Jobs gave us an exact time (6 p.m.) to line up for buy an iPhone, he didn't go into many details.
As it turns out, the iPhone will be sold on June 29th at 6 p.m. local time -- so East Coasters will get a full 3 hour head start over their West Coast counterparts.
A memo sent by AT&T confirmed this today: The iPhone will go on sale on at AT&T retail stores June 29 at 6 p.m. local...
iPhone Application Example: OneTrip
In May, forum user neven had correctly predicted that Web applications might be the only way to get apps into the iPhone. He developed and posted a demo application to the forums to get feedback.
OneTrip
OneTrip is an iPhone-optimized web application (a simple shopping list). Since third-party apps won't be available on iPhone for a while, I thought I'd create a website you could load in...
Other Leopard Improvements: Multicore Support
Now that Intel has moved their processor line primarily to multicore, most of Apple's shipping Macs have at least 2 cores (and as many as 8). According to Apple's Leopard pages, Apple has introduced significant performance improvements into Leopard to take advantage of all these multicore processors. The new Leopard scheduler is very efficient at allocating tasks across multiple cores and...
Leopard and Boot Camp: Faster "Restarts" (Maybe not)
One promising feature that wasn't mentioned in Apple's keynote speech about Leopard is a feature that was originally described on Apple's Leopard Bootcamp page: New, faster restarts.
Leopard brings a quicker way to switch between Mac OS X and Windows: Just choose the new Apple menu item "Restart in Windows." Your Mac goes into "safe sleep" so that when you return, you'll be right where you were....
ZFS is on Leopard... Sorta.
Informationweek followsup on their previous quote that ZFS was not on Leopard. Brian Croll, senior director of Mac OS X Product Marketing, clarifies: "ZFS is not the default file system for Leopard. We are exploring it as a file system option for high-end storage systems with really large storage. As a result, we have included ZFS -- a read-only copy of ZFS -- in Leopard."
This means that...
