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
Notes From the Expo Floor... [Updated]
CNet provides from notes from the Moscone Center -- the location of the 2004 MacWorld San Francisco Expo:
Security during set-up for the show is tight, as always, with Apple's booth obscured by a huge black tarp on all sides. Posted at the main entrance are two rather generic banners for the iPod. Tucked neatly behind each of the 15-foot banners, however, is another banner that is rolled up and...
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GarageBand and iPod Details? [Update]
Now with confirmation of the existence of GarageBand... we can look back at one anonymous submission which claimed knowledge of the same.
According to the anonymous report... the new "iApp" is called Garage Band and is a music creation tool, and should bundled with "the new group" for $99. (ed note: is this the Consumer Audio App with ~3GB of audio clips?)
Also, coming from the source is...
Minnesota State U Coverage
Jon Bergeron let us know that if you are close to Minnesota State University Moorhead, they will be hosting the MacWorld SF Keynote presentation. Contact him at...
Va. Tech at MWSF?
According to one report, Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan -- of Virginia Tech/'Big Mac' fame -- is attending MacWorld San Francisco. Perhaps just a visitor... or perhaps a...
GarageBand, Mini iPods, Xserve... Tomorrow?
Less then a day away, and last minute notes...
"GarageBand" will be announced tomorrow.
Xserve updates tomorrow, as well.
This Mini iPod information is still considered reliable.
Related Link: our earlier MWSF 2004 Rumor Roundup. Readers are reminded that Garage Band was trademarked by Apple in September 2003 and the newly released 2GB mini drives would fit nicely in a new...
Philips Streamium for Mac Coming?
Streamium is a consumer electronics product line from Philips which promises to bridge your PC movies, music and photos with rest of your house.
Like the previously mentioned HomePod, these devices work over WiFi and allow you to utilize your PC's multimedia content.
Philips had previously announced support for Rendezvous in such devices, hinting that it would provide seemless integration...
Cornice Introduces 2.0GB Mini 'Storage Element' [Updated]
Today, Cornice introduced a 2.0 GB
"Storage Element" (PDF). The new storage device "will allow electronics device manufacturers to build new pocket-able products that store more music, video, and pictures as well as more office productivity files such as presentations and word processing documents."
The 2.0GB Storage Element is available in volume quantities now for a list price of $70 per...
MacWorld SF 2004 Keynote Satellite Coordinates [Updated]
MacMinute posts the satellite coordinates for the MacWorld San Francisco 2004 Keynote speech.
Ku-band Analog
-- Galaxy 3C Transponder 18 K
-- Orbital Slot: 95 degrees West
-- Downlink Frequency: 12050 MHz
-- Polarity: Horizontal down
-- Bandwidth: 27 MHz
-- Audio Subcarriers: 6.2 and 6.8
C-band Analog
-- Galaxy 11 Transponder 08 C
-- Orbital ...
James A. Lawrence Joins Apple's Board
Apple announced that James A. Lawrence, executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of General Mills, Inc. has now joined the company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Lawrence has held his current positions at General Mills since 1998 and previously served similar positions at Northwest Airlines and Pepsi-Cola.
Steve Jobs notes "With his deep financial and international experience,...
Discreet Reveals Combustion for Mac
Discreet announced the introduction of Combustion 3 for the Macintosh today.
With combustion 3 software, Mac users will be able to experience increased productivity, flexibility and improved workflow through such enhancements as customizable brushes, savable presets, timeline markers, and DV capture and output.New features listed include Editing Operator, Expressions, Flash Output.
More...
Steve Jobs' Product Teasers... MWSF?
With MacWorld just a day away, readers are reminded of some teasers for 2004 from Steve Jobs in a November 2003 Analyst Meeting Conference Call:
Q: "Are you going to allow the iTunes to work with other devices and conversely are you going to allow the iPod to work with other online Music Services?"
Jobs: "We don't know. Right now, there is really little reason to. The iPod is the #1 MP3 player...
Microsoft Prepping iPod Challengers?
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports on Microsoft's upcoming Portable Media Centers which will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show later this week.
The new platform enable devices which "will story and play back video, music and photos". Per Microsoft's M.O., they will be licensing the platform to a number of consumer electronics manufacturers to create these Windows CE based...
FileMaker 7, Other Apps at MacWorld?
ThinkSecret updates with some pre-Expo notes about potential 3rd party software related releases at the upcoming Expo.
According to the rumor site, FileMaker Inc will announce Version 7 (previously reported) at MacWorld Expo along with a public demonstration -- though product shipment is not expected until later in the year.
ThinkSecret also echoes some hints at major Discreet...
HomePod - Wireless iTunes Stereo
As noted by MacMinute, MacSense will start shipping HomePod this week. The HomePod is described as a digital stereo component that allows users to take advantage of their existing wireless network to stream music files stored on their computers to HomePods located anywhere in the house.
The device presently supports MP3 files, and is compatible with iTunes, MusicMatch, WinAmp and other...
Apple Trademarks and MWSF?
With the Expo just days away, a few things to remember are some recent (and not so recent) Trademarks that have been filed by Apple.
Last year, Apple released "Keynote", a presentation application, at MacWorld San Francisco 2003. "Keynote" had been trademarked by Apple 2 months prior to its release.
Junkyard, Xgrid, and iPhone were trademarked in 2002... while iWrite and Garage Band are...
Official MacWorld SF 2004 Stream - It's Back.
Apple has reposted the "Official" MacWorld San Francisco 2004 Keynote webcast page.
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs deliver the Macworld Expo keynote address from Moscone Center in San Francisco. See the live webcast right here onJanuary 6 at 9am PT exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4. It's an event you won't want to miss.
Apple posted it previously -- but was taken down later that day. Without an ...
Will Apple Keep the Lead?
The New York Post writes about how Apple is the best position its been in for some time with the success of its most recent line of Macs, the iPod and the iTunes Music Store. As one analyst notes, "If you look at where Apple was a few short years ago and where they are today, it's nothing short of phenomenal."
The paper even cites the rumored Mini iPods as a way to defend its current...
iPod FM Tuner Canceled
iPodHacks.com reported that the previously announced Griffin iFM Radio for the iPod has been canceled.
According to a letter sent to customers who had pre-ordered the product, the product was finally discontinued due to the discontinuation of the iPod Wired Remote Control as a separate purchase item as well as technical changes in the 3rd Generation...
MacRumors WAP and Mobile Editions
MacRumors now offers two 'on the go' versions of the main news page.
http://wap.macrumors.com (screenshot) offers a WAP/WML based version of the most recent stories for your WAP-enabled cellular phone. Any internal MacRumors.com links in these stories now link to their WAP-equivalents and are denoted by (WAP), so that cell phone users may browse referenced MacRumors stories with ease.
http:...
1U And 3U G5 Xserves at MWSF? And Xserve RAID [updated]
According to the most recent anonymous reports... Apple is planning on introducing both 1U (single G5) Xserves as well as 3U (dual G5) Xserves at MacWorld Expo. No knowledge processor speeds are available.
These two sizes would be a bit unusual from a space/power standpoint, in that two 1U machines would provide more power and less space than a single Dual 3U machine.
Regardless, ongoing...
