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
iPhoto in Japan/Europe and iTunes Soon?
At MacWorld Expo SF 2004, Steve Jobs finally announced that iPhoto Photo Books and Prints will become available in Japan later this month and Europe in March. This brings some long-awaited iPhoto Services to users outside the United States.
TimesOnline.co.uk (registration req) provides some hoping that iTunes will soon follow Peter Jamieson, chairman of the British Phonographic Industry, said ...
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Apple Q1 Financial Results Webcast
Apple is webcasting their Qtr 1 - 2004 Financial Results Conference Call on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 2:00pm PT/5:00pm ET.
As always... Please note that comments made during this call may include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. For more information on the factors...
Site Update: Folding, SETI@Home, GarageBand Forum
- MacRumors SETI @ Home Team is going strong and looking for new members. If you would like to help, see our SETI FAQ or visit our Distributed Computing forum.
- MacRumors Folding @ Home Team is now the 20th overall ranked team and remains the #1 Mac Folding team. If you would like to help, see our Folding FAQ or visit our Distributed Computing forum.
- A new GarageBand discussion forum...
GarageBand, iPhoto, iMovie Screenshots and iPod Mini Notes
Some notes of recent Apple products:
- GarageBand 1.0 Screenshots have been posted, showing various windows from the application. Obviously, more information and screenshots can also be found at Apple's Site.
- iPhoto 4 and iMovie 4 Screenshots, and More iPhoto, iMovie Screenshots
- iPodLounge notes that the new iPod Mini comes with "iPod Mini Software 1.0" which is specific to the iPod...
HP's Blue iPod Revealed
CNet posted a video of Carly Fiorina, HP's CEO, showing off the new HP branded iPod at CES.
The new iPod is blue as previously reported and has an "HP" logo on the back. Phil Schiller had said that the Apple logo does appear when the unit starts up.
The video goes on to discuss HP's reasons to go with the iPod and...
MacWorld SF 2004 Best of Show Awards
IDG Announced their MacWorld Best of Show awards.
The entire list can be found here. A few hilights:
Elgato Systems EyeTV 200 / EyeHome - The EyeHome hooks up to your Ethernet network and brings your music, photos, and movies from the Mac to your TV, with one-click setup and a handy remote control.
Freeverse Toy Sight - ToySight works in conjunction with a FireWire-based video camera or ...
PowerMac G5s - on or around Jan 20th?
Appleinsider posted a brief blurb at the end of their MW Summary hinting at PowerMac updates "on or after January 20th".
We've heard at least unconfirmed hint of a similar timeframe for an unspecified product...
1984 Ad Speculation
Several readers have submitted claims that the original 1984 ad has been further edited with a change of the date on the screen of "big brother" from 1/26/84 to 1/26/04.
The new ad however is simply a different quality and the text can be read as "84" in certain shots, while it is ambiguous in...
iMac G5 Typo?
Several readers have noted that on a free MacWorld Magazine fulfillment site from Apple, there appears an "iMac G5" in one of the options.
This page is hosted on a non-Apple page and is felt to simply represent a...
MacWorld SF 2004 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 that was written prior to the actual event.
As far as MacWorld Expos go, pre-Expo hype was somewhat subdued this round -- except perhaps for the extensive coverage of Mini iPod rumors that exploded across...
Jobs on Portable Video Players
David Pogue writes (New York Times) on an interview with Steve Jobs at the MacWorld Expo.
The topic of portable Video Players came up and Jobs take on it was to give three reasons why he doubted video players would approach the success of audio players.
The reasons cited include 1) "there's no equivalent of headphones" in that watching video on a small screen is no match for a theatre or...
iPod Mini and Xserve G5 Photos
Macitynet.it has posted an iPod Mini photo gallery from MacWorld Expo. The photos help illustrate the small size of the new iPod Minis.
In an MSNBC article Steve Jobs suggests that he thinks "one of the biggest customers for the mini is going to be current owners buying a second iPod. They're going to have both -- when I go on a trip I take my whole library with my iPod and when I go to the...
More HP iPod Details...
ZDNet fills in more details about the upcoming HP-branded iPod device. Apple will manufacture the player, which will not have the iPod name, but will have the same design and features as Apple's third-generation iPod players, Phil Schiller, senior vice president at Apple, said in an interview. Also, the HP music player will come in "HP Blue," he said.According to Phil Schiller, the HP device will...
HP Branded iPod and iTunes Music Store
Apple and HP have announced an interesting partnership Working to provide consumers with the most compelling digital content whenever and wherever they desire, HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) today announced a strategic alliance to deliver an HP-branded digital music player based on Apple's iPod, the No. 1 digital music player in the world, and Apple's award-winning iTunes digital music...
Sony to Launch Online Music Service
Sony announced that they would be launching their own online music service later this year.
The 500,000 song service known as "Connect" will be priced similarly to the competition at $1/song. The new service, however, will initially be limited to work with only Sony devices and the songs will come in Sony's proprietary ATRAC3 compression format.
In related news, Sony also announced a...
Toshiba Announces 0.85 Inch HDD, MagicStor Announces new 1 Inch Drives
Toshiba
Toshiba has now officially announced their new 0.85" Hard Drive as earlier reported. Toshiba Corporation today announced development of 0.85-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the first hard drive to deliver multi-gigabyte data storage to a sub-one-inch form factor. Toshiba expects to start sampling the new drive in summer 2004 and to start mass production in autumn 2004, at an initial monthly ...
More 90nm PowerPC Notes [Updated]
Yesterday, we noted that the new Xserve uses a 90nm PowerPC 970. Here are a few more notes and confirmation of the 90nm PowerPC 970s...
This PowerPC G5 Whitepaper (PDF) from Apple has been updated to provide information of the New 90nm PowerPC.
According to the paper (page 15), the new 90nm PowerPC 970 contains 58 million transitors, uses a 90-nanometer, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process...
Apple Gains Marketshare in Broadcast Market
Trendwatch published a "Fast Fact" today indicating that Apple's marketshare is up in the broadcast market: 26% of U.S. broadcast stations and cable systems use Apple computers as their primary system for editing/production workstations.This is reportedly up 8% from just one year ago.
With a rush of well received new products over the past few years, Apple has certainly gained mindshare....
Apple Xserve 2.3GHz Graphics Mistake?
Several readers noted that Apple Canada has an incorrect graphic on their website.
The Xserve G5 graphic notes Xserve G5
1U, 64-bit, G5 Processor
Single or dual 2.3GHzThe G5 Xserves which were announced yesterday come in a 2.0GHz, not...
Virtual PC 7 for Mac
Alongside Office 2004 announcements for the Mac, Microsoft also announced that Virtual PC Mac Version 7 will be arriving in the first half of 2004. Customers can look forward to key enhancements over the current version 6.1, including performance and usability improvements, as well as compatibility with the Macintosh G5.Earlier rumors had hinted at its...
