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
Rumor Sites Looking to Block Subpoenas
News.com reports that lawyers representing previously subpoenaed websites have challenged those subpoenas under First Amendment protection: The subpoenas should not be permitted because Internet journalists deserve the full protection of the First Amendment that their traditional brethren have long enjoyed, the lawyers said in a brief filed in Santa Clara Superior Court.
As noted in the article,...
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HP Exec Leaves for Apple
In the wake of Carly Fiorina's termination from HP last week, another HP exec is leaving this week.
Allison Johnson, HP's senior vice president of marketing, is leaving HP for a position at Apple. The marketing guru is leaving HP to take a top marketing post at Apple Computer. She will become vice president...
Motorola iTunes Phone [Updated]
Motorola reportedly showed their upcoming iTunes compatible phone today: The new iTunes compatible E1060 model phone, which the company said is aimed at music aficionados, allows users to download and carry a limited number of songs in the iTunes format.
No photos or details yet available.
Engadget provides a picture of the E1060 upcoming phone but there appears to be some discrepancy on the...
iPod Shuffle in Wedding Date?
In the opening scenes of the Wedding Date which was released on Feb 4, 2005 -- a bike messenger appears to be wearing an iPod Shuffle. Meanwhile, the iPod Shuffle was officially released on Jan 11th, 2005 at MacWorld Expo.
If true, this would mean the iPod Shuffle might have been floating around prior to the official release - unusual for the typically tight-lipped Apple.
If anyone has...
New Apple Stores and Closings
Appleinsider lists Oklahoma City, OK, Arlington, VA, Paramus NJ, Northbrook, IL, and Orlando, FL as new Apple Store locations based on job listings at Apple.
Meanwhile, ThinkSecret reports that two independent Apple resellers are shutting down and blaming Apple for their inability to...
New PowerBook Benchmarks
MacCentral posted preliminary benchmarks from the new PowerBook G4's which were released on Jan 31st.
The site provides a small chart running various benchmarks including SpeedMark, Cinema4D, iMovie HD Render, iTunes encode, Photoshop, Unreal Tournament and Compress MPEG2 encode.
Overall speeds are only slightly (as expected) better on the 1.67GHz vs the 1.5GHz machines with the exception...
Billboard Top 100 Now Includes Downloads
Washington Post reports that for the first time Billboard magazine will include songs purchased and downloaded online into its weekly calculation of the "Billboard Hot 100".
The Hot 100 list was historically calculated from a combination of airplay and retail single sales, but in the late 90s with the decreasing availability of singles, radio play become the primary factor.
The new change...
Apple Announces Stock Split
Apple announced today that their Board of Directors has approved a 2 for 1 stock split, increasing the number of common shares from 900 million to 1.8 billion. Each shareholder of record at the close of business on February 18, 2005 will receive one additional share for every outstanding share held on the record date, and trading will...
No Satellite iPod...
Sirus Satellite Radio's CEO, Mel Karmazin reveals that he was in talks with Steve Jobs about incorporating the satellite radio into upcoming iPods, but the current feeling is that "they don't need to put a satellite radio in their box [iPod]".
Rumors of the incorporation of the satellite played into the iPod ...
Mac OS X on a PC?
MacDailyNews posts more information from the subscription Fortune article which talks to Steve Jobs about the state of Apple... which also drops this tidbit from the original article: Most tantalizing of all is scuttlebutt that three of the biggest PC makers are wooing Jobs to let them license OS X and adapt it to computers built around standard Intel chips. Why? They want to offer customers, many ...
More Uses for the iPod
The previously reported Duke iPod pilot program which supplied an Apple iPod to incoming Duke Univeristy Freshman is reportedly going well.
The $500,000 project provided 20GB iPods as well as Belkin microphone recorders to incoming Freshman: The iPods have been used mostly for recording lectures and interviews and replaying them on the go. Other academic uses include analyzing music, not only...
How Big Can Apple Get?
Fortune publishes a short 5-question interview with Steve Jobs which addresses the iPod's effect on Apple and Apple's current success. The teaser interview leads to a longer (subscription) article entitled "How Big Can Apple Get?" which provides more thoughts from Steve Jobs.
MacObserver hilights the key points from the article which will also appear in print in the Feb 21, 2005 issue of...
Cell Processor Announced
IBM, Sony, and Toshiba officially announced the "Cell" Processor this morning. The new multicode processor has already exceeded 4GHz in lab testing and is designed to power a variety of operating systems.
Rumors of the processor have surrounded its anticipated use in the Playstation 3 from Sony. The new processor incorporates FlexIO and eXtended Data RAM (XDR) which together can offer "100...
Apple Posts Superbowl Ads
During the Superbowl this year, Apple and Pepsi advertised for the new iTunes/Pepsi giveaway as previously reported. Apple has posted Quicktime versions of the new iTunes/Pepsi ads tonight which aired during the Superbowl.
Reports of Napster's competing ad were true... with a full version of that ad also posted....
MacRumors: Site Updates and Server Move [Done]
MacRumors underwent a server upgrade today... which should provide improved performance for the forums.... We hope this will address the recent issues related to the server. As always there may be occasional glitches with the move. Please report these problems to the webmaster.
Due to time constraints previous advertising inquiries may have gone unanswered. If you have interest in...
Napster vs iTunes: Superbowl Ad
USA Today reports on Napster's upcoming Superbowl advertisement which is directly targeted against Apple's iTunes/iPod.
The theme of the campaign is "Do the Math" will be pushing the Napster To Go service which allows users to transfer an unlimited number of songs to their (WMA-compatible) music player for $15/month: In Napster's 30-second ad in the third quarter, viewers will see a camera pan...
iPhoto 5.0.1
Several users have noted that iPhoto 5.0.1 update is provided in Software Update for Mac OS X. ...addresses issues with upgrading iPhoto 4 libraries, dragging albums into folders, importing MPEG-4 movies, and also includes a number of other minor fixes
iPhoto 5.0 was released in January as part of iLife...
iTunes and Pepsi Superbowl Ads
MacObserver posts details about an upcoming iTunes commercials promoting a new Pepsi/iTunes giveaway. Four new commercials for Diet Pepsi and the Pepsi iTunes promotion will debut during the NFL event, which begins this Sunday at 6:05pm EST, on the FOX television network. The spots will air in the first and second quarters over a total of two and a half minutes, the company said.
One of the...
PowerBook G5... Not Yet...
CNet explores the possibilities surrounding an upcoming PowerBook G5. Obviously, users are interested in it, but with the release of the updated G4 PowerBooks on Monday... they will have to wait a little longer.
Most feel that Apple is simply unable to utilize the current G5 in today's PowerBook enclosure: "It'd be this really thick, heavy notebook, and it would be loud as all get-out," said ...
Wal-Mart Selling iPod Minis
CNet reports that a limited number of Wal-Marts have begun selling Apple's iPod Mini music player.
Apple's iPod Shuffle has been recently rumored to also make its way into the national retailers stores. Alongside rumors of the Mac Mini in Best Buy retail locations, it appears Apple is aggressively expanding its retail presense beyond official Apple Stores -- at least for select...
