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
Apple Expands iPod Trademark to Include Video
Despite historic comments that a Video iPod was not felt to be a desirable product, Apple appears to have expanded the iPod trademark to include Video support as well as other features and functionality which the iPod line has encompassed. The most recent character mark was filed on June 18, 2005 and provides the following description: full line of electronic and mechanical accessories and...
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Apple Recruiting Sony VAIO Engineers?
Engadget claims that according to "a reliable source" that Apple has had trouble catching up in terms of intel-based designs for their upcoming PowerBook.
As a result, they are reportedly recruiting ex-Sony VAIO engineers to pull together a team: ...apparently they've hired a headhunting firm in Japan which has been trying to recruit as many current Sony VAIO and ex-Sony VAIO engineers as they...
Apple Logo Merchandise at Apple Stores?
ifoAppleStore.com reports that Apple will begin selling Apple-branded items in retail Apple Stores before the holiday season. Expect to see golf shirts and balls, dress shirts, ties, socks, T-shirts, polos and other merchandise for sale at reasonable prices.
Years ago, Apple offered similar mail order items to customers through catalog and online sales, but this program has been long...
New iBook Radeon 9550 Benchmarks
Xlr8yourmac has published some video benchmarks of the recently release iBooks. The new iBooks offer the Radeon 9550 graphics card which provides additional performance as well as support for Core Image and Core Video.
In a comparison between a 1.2GHz iBook / Radeon 9200 (old) and a 1.2GHz iBook / Radeon 9550 (new), the Radeon 9550 iBook delivered an 11% frame rate advantage in Quake 3 with...
Mac OS X 10.4.3 Seeds
Appleinsider reports that Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.3 to developers.
The newest build 8F8 is said to include include over 40 bug fixes related to .Mac, AppleScript, AFP Server communications, and Finder permissions.
According to the rumor site, 10.4.3 is targetted for release in September.
Apple's most recent Mac OS X 10.4 update was released on July 12th...
Steve Jobs on iTunes Phone and Carriers
AlwaysOn posts a transcript of an interview with Steve Jobs from this year's D: All Things Digital conference.
The transcript provides insights from Steve Jobs about his opinion of the current cell phone market and Apple's positioning.
Of note, the first generation of Motorola iTunes enabled phones will simply provide an iTunes music player interface and allow you to transfer songs from...
Video iPod Chip?
Arstechnica posts an unverified rumor about the possible brains behind an upcoming Video iPod.
According to the site, "Sharp sales reps are bragging to potential customers that Apple will be using the Sharp LH7A400 SOC (system on a chip) in the initial version of the video iPod."
The chip specs are posted and provide enough...
Windows Vista Beta 1 and Tiger
Macworld.co.uk reports on the recently released Windows Vista (formerly known as Longhorn) Beta release.
The beta is being offered to 10,000 technical beta testers at this time, and provides an early preview of the upcoming Microsoft OS - due next year. Previously known as Longhorn, the newest revision of Microsoft's Windows Operating System has seen ongoing delays and the current target ship ...
iTunes Phone at V Festival?
The Street echoes previous reports that Motorola will be unveiling the iTunes enabled phone at the V Music Festival on August 20-21st.
The event is sponsored by Virgin Mobile U.K. which is reportedly one of the first providers to offer the new phone.
Motorola's Ed Zander recently announced that the iTunes phone would be released by the end of this...
Apple Supplying Florida Public Schools
Apple announced today that they will be supplying iBooks to Broward County Public Schools in Florida. "We're excited to work with Broward County to provide students with the best learning tools available," said Tim Cook, Apple's executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Operations. "Thousands of schools across the country have improved academic achievement with the help of Apple's education...
Tokyo Apple Music Event?
According to Macworld, Apple Japan sent out invitations to select journalists to a special music event in Tokyo.
The event takes place on August 4th at 10am at the Tokyo International Forum.
Macworld speculates that Apple iTunes Japan could be launched at the media event. iTunes Japan was originally promised to arrive in 2004 according to statements made by Steve Jobs. Licensing issues...
Apple Releases New Mac Mini
Alongside new iBooks today, Apple also released the first update to the Mac mini line.
The updated Mac mini comes with 512MB of RAM and built in wireless options:
1.25GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, Combo Drive, $499
1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 80GB HD, Combo Drive, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, $599
1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 80GB HD, Super Drive, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, $699
The full press...
Apple Releases New iBooks
Apple has updated their website to reflect new iBooks that have been announced today.
- New trackpad lets you scroll horizontally, vertically or pan around the screen
- Sudden Motion sensor protects the hard drive in free-fall
- Built in Bluetooth 2.0 and Airport Extreme
- iLife '05
12" 1.33GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, Combo Drive - $999
14" 1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 60GB HD, Super Drive -...
MOTONOW Motorola Event - No iTunes Phone
iLounge reports that within the first five minutes of Motorola's MOTONOW event in Chicago, Illinois, Ed Zander read a statement from Apple indicating that the iTunes Phone would not be unveiled today.
Instead a separate music event "within the next 66 days" will be used to launch the Motorola iTunes Phone.
Speculation around the web had pointed to this event being the launching ground for...
Yahoo acquires Konfabulator
Macworld reports that Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator.
Konfabulator is a popular extensible Widget engine which preceded the existence of Apple's Dashboard. Konfabulator widgets provide similar services by pulling information from websites. (gallery of widgets)
Konfabulator was first available for the Mac as a shareware application, but has since been also released as a Windows...
New Safari 2.0 and 1.3 Seeds
ThinkSecret reports that Apple has seeded new versions of Safari 2.0 and Safari 1.3 to developers.
The new versions appear simply to provide a number of small bug-fixes improving the stability of the...
New iBook and Mac mini Part Numbers?
ThinkSecret follows-up their previous claim about impending iBook updates with details on part numbers that are showing up in Apple's databases.
The new iBook part numbers show models priced at $999 and $1,299, with an absence of the $1,499 model price-point.
Meanwhile, three new Mac mini configurations are also listed - priced at $499, $599, and $699. As noted by ThinkSecret, Apple does...
Apple and RadioShack?
Appleinsider reports that according to industry sources, RadioShack and Apple have partnered for RadioShack to carry Apple's full line of iPod music players during the 4th quarter of the year in time for the holiday season.
RadioShack reportedly operates nearly 7000 stores. The decision to carry the iPod line will be made on a store-by-store basis, but many of the locations are expected to...
Apple's Movie Plans? Talks with Disney?
Macworld.co.uk provides a good summary of the recent rumors and speculation about Apple's possible expansion into the online movie market, building on the success of the iTunes Music Store and iPod.
The most recent tidbit is a Business 2.0 blog post which claims that according to an internal Disney memo, Steve Jobs has been in ...
Apple and Video iPod/iTunes?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is "seeking to license music videos to sell through the company's iTunes Music Store".
Then videos are expected to cost $1.99 each with a possible discount if sold alongwith the actual song.
Apple began bundling music videos with certain albums and songs back in early May. A song/video combo was priced at $1.98 at that time. This may...
