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
LED-lit Displays in Upcoming 15" MacBook Pros?
Appleinsider provides confirmation for a rumor that first appeared on Digitimes (Page 2) earlier this month. According to Appleinsider, the newest MacBook Pros will transition away from "cold cathode fluorescent backlights (CCFLs) and towards LED backlights."
The rumor site targets the 15" MacBook Pro as the likely recipient of the LED screen in the "second quarter" of this year, but it is...
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Apple iPhone Interfaces and Ringtones
For the excited masses who are unable to wait for an iPhone, some individuals have been busy... to the ire of Apple Legal.
Infoworld reports that two skin makers for the Palm and the Pocket PC were sent cease and desist letters for posting iPhone-skins for their respective platforms.
For those who don't own a PDA, this paper cutout of the iPhone can keep you occupied until the June comes, ...
Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 9A343 Seeded to Developers
According to published reports on the internet, Apple has seeded a new release of Leopard (Seed 9A343) to developers tonight. The last version of Leopard (3A321) was seeded December 13th, 2006.
Apple actually has itemized a few of changes to Leopard from the last seed, including:
- HIToolbox provides new HIRect/Point/Shape-based Window Manager API for resolution independence compatibility
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Andy Ihnatko: Hands on with iPhone
Chicago Times columnist Andy Ihnatko reports on his 45 minutes of hands on time with the Apple iPhone following its announcement at Macworld. He offers some interesting observations based on his experience with the iPhone. Here is a brief summary:
- The touch-interface works flawlessly. "This is the simplest phone ever."
- "After 30 seconds, I was already typing faster with the iPhone than I ...
Mac OS X Leopard with Major DVD Player Upgrade? [Updated]
Appleinsider posts a description alongside artist renditions of upcoming changes to Leopard's DVD Player (5.0) software.
Improvements range from fullscreen chapter navigation with chapter thumbnails, a time bar for visual scrubbing, satin platinum highlights, equilizer and other preferences.
No word on any additional HD-DVD or Blu Ray support have been noted.
Update: The most recent...
Apple iPhone Component Costs [Updated]
Market analyst group iSuppli put out some preliminary numbers as the component costs for the Apple iPhone. Typically, these component breakdowns are performed on a physical device, so this analysis was done with a best-guess on many of the suppliers.
According to the analysis, the manufacturing cost for each 4GB iPhone is about $230, offering Apple nearly a 50% gross margin on the iPhone....
Full Video iPod in 2007 and Mac Tablet in 2008?
MacScoop cites reliable sources that indicate that Apple will be deploying its mini OS X to at least two more devices using the same technologies found in the iPhone.
The first is the full screen video iPod which has been long rumored. The final iPod design is expected to feature a similar display to the iPhone (which some have noted is not true widescreen ratio) and also include 80GB and...
Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) in Spring 2007 and iLife Soon?
Apple just completed the conference call for their financial results from Q1 2007. As reported Apple posted $1 Billion in profit. A few interesting comments were made during the question and answer section that followed.
First of all, despite concerns about Apple's silence about Leopard may mean that they are behind on it, ...
Apple Posts $1 Billion in Profit (1Q 2007) and Financial Call Notes
Apple announced their financial results for the 1st fiscal quarter of 2007 ending on December 30, 2006.
Apple posted record revenue of $7.1 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.0 billion, or $1.14 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $565 million, or $.65 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 31.2...
Apple Seeds Another Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2120)
Apple has seeded another version of Mac OS X 10.4.9 to developers today. The releases appear to be accelerating, typically indicating the product may be near release.
Apple seeded the 8P2117 build during Macworld Expo just last week, and has now released 8P2120 to developers today.
The new seed has a 40+ laundry list of fixes and under "Known Issues" it lists "None".
The last update...
Beatles and Apple? Feb 4th Superbowl Announcement?
TorontoSun is reporting that Apple and EMI are on the verge of announcing the digital release of the Beatles' catalog. As per usual, Apple/EMI is presently mum, but sources with knowledge of the project say that two scenarios are possible for the release of the minimum 11 UK albums.
One early Page 2 report claimed the release would come on or around Valentine's Day (Feb 14th). TorontoSun lays...
Apple to License iTunes Fairplay DRM?
Teck.co.uk claims that Apple is planning on opening up their protected iTunes music and movie content this week. The iPod maker is expected to make two announcements this week - the first will be to allow streaming of protected AAC content via USB; the second will be to licence its Fairplay DRM to the company's Made For iPod licencees.
Tech.co.uk offers no background on the rumor, and few other...
Apple Dashcode Beta Released
Apple posted a beta of their upcoming Dashcode development software for widgets earlier this month. A recent Apple Developer Connection News mailing started publicizing it. Dashcode is a new application for developing Dashboard widgets coming in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Dashcode is everything you need to create great Dashboard widgets.
An early version of Dashcode was shipped with the MacBook...
Macworld San Francisco 2007 Rumor Wrapup: Winners and Losers
After each major event, MacRumors provides a wrapup of rumors to reveal the sources of the most accurate and inaccurate information. Readers are encouraged to read our Macworld Rumor Roundup which was written prior to the actual event.
iPhone
Prior to MWSF 2007, the iPhone rumor was likely the longest running Apple rumor that had yet to come true. One of the oldest references to it that we ...
Synaptics ClearPad Technology, Fingerworks, iPhone?
MacRumors reported on the Synaptics ClearPad technology in August when Synaptics announced a concept phone (Onyx) based on their new "ClearPad" technology. The ClearPad is a capacitive touch screen (much like laptop trackpads) that offers these advantages: ClearPad is based on Synaptics' proprietary sensing technology, and will offer unique capabilities such as two finger input, proximity...
Airport Extreme Air Disk, and 801.11n Upgrades $4.99 [Update]
OReillynet.com notes that the quietly updated Airport Extreme Basestation incorporates a new feature called Airport Disk: New to AirPort Extreme, AirPort Disk turns almost any external USB hard drive into a shared drive. Simply connect the drive to the USB port on the back of your AirPort Extreme and voila all the documents, videos, photos, and other files on the drive instantly become available ...
MacRumors at Macworld Expo: Trip Report and Highlights
This was my first year attending Macworld as the "MacRumors guy." It was a great experience overall and I was also able to experience the Keynote in all its glory. I think this T-Shirt sums up the week best:
After a whirlwind week, we've put together this small report on the trip, and highlighted some other interesting products shown at Macworld. Obviously, the iPhone commanded the most...
MacRumors' Webcast Stats during the MWSF 2007 Keynote
On January 9th, 2007, MacRumors delivered live updates of the Macworld San Francisco 2007 keynote speech given by Steve Jobs. Since no live Quicktime stream was made available, Apple fans had to rely on live web updates to follow the action. This year, we successfully incorporated near real-time photos into our keynote transcription.
After analyzing our logs files (22.4GB), we've posted a...
Click.TV: MWSF 2007 Keynote Speech with MacRumors Transcript and Search
The folks over at Click.TV combined our MacRumors Keynote transcript with the Video of Apple's Keynote address. The result is a searchable, indexed video that allows you to jump to specific moments during the keynote video.
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Pogue's iPhone Frequently Asked Questions - Part 2
David Pogue posted a followup question and answer list about the Apple iPhone with some additional details. The highlights include: - NO Java, MAYBE Flash, according to Jobs
- How does the iPhone charge? It comes with a white charging/syncing dock, just like an iPod.
- Calendar program isnt finished yet, but I did see an add new event icon on the placeholder graphic.
- Can the pinch gesture be ...
