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
25 Song Cap on iTunes Phone?
Forbes is reporting that Apple and Motorola's plans for an iTunes enabled phone that has been long discussed may "underwhelm" due to a report that the phone is designed to accomodate just 25 songs.
According to one person who has reportedly seen the device: The phone was equipped with a...
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Intel to Port Developer Tools to Mac OS X
eWeek reports on an announcement by Intel that they would be porting their software developer tools to Mac OS X/Intel and that the beta would ship later this year. Kevin Smith, director of Intel Compiler Labs, said that Intel will port a complete set of compilers and performance-enhancing libraries to Apple Computer Inc.'s Intel-based version of Mac OS X. Intel will provide Mac tools for both...
Google Launches 'Talk' Instant Messaging
Google launched their own IM client today under the name of Google Talk.
The Windows XP/2000 client offers Instant Messanging and Voice over IP services similar to Apple's iChat application.
Google's IM service appears to be based the Jabber open-source standard which allows users to connect with other Jabber-capable clients -- such as iChat, GAIM, Adium, Trillian Pro and Psi.
Google...
Apple Handwriting Engineer?
Apple has posted a job description for a Handwriting Recognition Engineer on August 11th, 2005. Are you passionate about providing handwriting solutions to end customers? Do you strongly believe that using a stylus and a tablet is the way to interact with computers?
The position will be in Apple's Handwriting Recognition team, presumably the one responsible for Mac OS X's Inkwell technology....
Intel's Plans for Low-Power Chips
Cnet reports on Intel's road maps which were discussed at the Intel Developer's Forum today. ...the dominant theme revolves around reducing power consumption, a concept the company has hammered on since the beginning of the decade.
The newer architecture pushing the higher performance per watt appears to be targeted in late 2006. In the meanwhile, Intel has other chips coming to fill the gap in ...
A Flash Based 4GB iPod mini?
eeTimes reports that Apple Computer plans to buy as much as 40% of the NAND Flash Memory supply from Samsung Electronics in the second half of this year.
According to one analyst's sources: Samsung has offered Apple "extremely low prices on its [Flash] parts" in order to convince Apple to switch from HDD storage to [Flash] memory for the 4-GByte-density iPod.
The report said iSuppli believes ...
iTunes Motorola Phone Manual and Photo
MacnCell reports that Motorola has submitted documents to the FCC which includes photos and the owners manual for the upcoming Motorola E790 -- which offers users iTunes Song compatibility, which has been long anticipated.
Instructions provided for the iTunes interface include: Download music files: On your computer, open iTunes, connect your phone to your computer, and drag and drog music...
Apple Legal vs x86 Mac OS X
MacBidouille reported late last week that Apple Legal has taken action against the information floating around the web demonstrating successful use of Mac OS X on 3rd party PC hardware. This is exactly what Apple Legal has started to do last night (Central Europe time) by sending us an amazingly aggressive email asking for the immediate removal of all links to the videos showing OSX x86 booting...
Dual-Core PowerMacs, New G4 PowerBook, and G5 Mini?
Macobserver reports that according to one research note, some are expecting Apple to make some major new product announcements at Apple Expo Paris in September 2005. We believe that Apple is preparing new G5 PowerMacs based on IBM's dual-core 970 PPC, G5 Mac Minis based on a new IBM low-power processor, and new G4 PowerBooks based on next generation processors from Freescale Semiconductors."
This ...
Apple and Google Partnership?
According to TheStreet.com, Apple and Google may be planning a partnership that would involve Google offering iTunes through their site: There's "speculation of an iTunes launch," says Paul Foster, an options strategist at Theflyonthewall.com. "Google is going to offer iTunes somehow on their platform," according to the rumor, he says.
The combination would pair the leading search engine with...
PowerBook Updates in September?
Appleinsider claims that Apple will be providing users with one more PowerPC-based PowerBook update before the switch to Intel.
The rumor site credits "reliable sources" who claim that the updated PowerBook is planned for the third week of September at Apple Expo Paris. Curiously, the sources hedge their bets by reporting that the Powerbooks have "recently fallen into a rut that could force a ...
New Apple Switch Campaign Canceled?
ThinkSecret reports that Apple has canceled the revised Switch campaign that was previously rumored.
The ads, filmed by Errol Morris, had reportedly already gone into production. 60 individuals who responded to Apple's call for iPod-related Switch stories were reportedly flown out to L.A. and interviewed on camera. ThinkSecret reports there were disagreements between Apple and Morris on the...
Mac OS X x86 on Any PC?
MacBidouille posts a claim that some individuals have been able to launch Mac OS X for Intel Processors on non-Apple Developer Kit hardware.
According to the unconfirmed claims, any dependancy on the TPM digital rights chip have been "cracked" and specific hardware requirements can be worked around with emulation. These solutions can be slow, so the best solution recommended is simply...
Intel's 2006 Processor Roadmap
Tom's Hardware reviews Intel's upcoming 2006 Processor roadmap based on information they have obtained. According to the hardware enthusiast site, Intel is indeed aggressively reducing power consumption on high end desktop processors as well as mobile processors. Documents seen by Tom's Hardware Guide now indicate that the new processor architecture code-named "Conroe" and scheduled for the...
Apple Relaunches Switch Website
One user noted that Apple has relaunched their switch website found at http://www.apple.com/switch.
The website previously featured stories and advertisements from their 2002 "Switch" Ad campaign. (videos).
The new site continues to promote switching from Windows to Mac and is divided into the following sections:
- Considering a Mac
- Choosing a Mac
- Buying a Mac
- Moving Your Stuff...
Apple sells 1 Million Songs in Japan (in 4 days)
Macworld reports that Apple Japan sold 1 million iTunes songs over four days after the launch of the iTunes Music Store in Japan. "iTunes has become Japan's number one online music store in just four days,' said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO in a statement. "iTunes has sold twice as many songs in just four days as all the other online music services in Japan sell in one month."
There had been concerns...
Apple Developing More In-House Tech?
Appleinsider reports that Apple is planning on personally developing more individual components used in its iPod product line. In working to develop some of its own component solutions -- rather than continue to license them from others -- Apple hopes to gain more control over the iPod and shave costs at the same time. These costs saving measures are likely to be reflected in slightly higher...
Playstation 3 and Mac OS X
A small blurb on Sony's UK site has generated a lot of interest and speculation Sony is expected to offer optional hard drives for the PS3 with potential memory capacity of 80 or 120 GB. It remains to be decided whether the standard version of the PS3 will come complete with a hard drive. The operating system has also yet to be clarified. The integrated Cell processor will be able to support a...
Steve Jobs to Keynote Apple Expo?
Appleinsider reports that Steve Jobs is expected to keynote this year's Apple Expo in Paris, France. ...sources further stated that Jobs is expected to make at least one major announcement during his presentation
The yearly event takes place on September 20th to the 24th and was the launching ground for the iMac G5 in 2004. Last year's keynote was given by Phil Schiller due to Jobs' medical...
Apple, Intel and 'Trusted Computing'
In the past few weeks, there has been much speculation and discussion about the potential use of 'Trusted Computing' technology in upcoming Apple-Intel machines. The Trusted Computing initiative has been speculated as a reason for Apple to move towards the Intel platform. The technology aims to provide a tighter control between hardware and software, allowing developers and media owners more...
