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's 17-inch PowerBook Production
DigiTimes claims that Apple may move 17" PowerBook production to Quanta from Compal Electronics in the first quarter of next year at the earliest.
DigiTimes maintains that Compal also landed orders for a 15.4" PowerBook... which previously spawned numerous rumors about the PowerBook... but no such PowerBook...
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AppleCare and Battery Replacement for Euro iPods
MacWorld UK reports that Apple will be offering European iPod owners battery replacement and AppleCare packages "soon".
These new programs were both recently launched to U.S. customers, but specifically excluded European customers.
Pricing has not yet been...
Apple Changing iPod Battery Technology?
A ComputerWorld.dk article (Danish) reports that Apple has dropped one of their iPod battery suppliers -- a Danish company called Danionics.
Danionics supplied polymer lithium-ion batteries for the current Apple iPod, but according to Niels Kryger Anderson, Danionics' managing director, Apple has now chosen a prismatic (fluid based) lithium-ion battery for upcoming iPods. ...
Pepsi iPod Giveaway?
iPodLounge notes that Pepsi has recently purchased 600 Exo Cases from Lajo.
According to the Lajo, "this marks the beginning of companies like Pepsi using exo and exo2 to represent their company colors or to carry their logo in 2004, a year of iPod giveaways."
Few other details available. Pepsi and Apple have already announced plans to give away 100 million iTunes Songs in specially...
Apple Remote Desktop Client 1.2.4
Apple released an update to their Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4 in your Mac OS X Software Update:
The Apple Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4 update delivers improvements to security, performance, and reliability of the Apple Remote Desktop 1.2 client software running on Mac OS X versions 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3. For more information on this update, please refer to ...
Apple Handheld/Phone Making the Rounds?
eWeek provides a brief overview the current handheld leaders... including products Sony, PalmOne, RIM, and HP.
Each with its own strengths... but the author, Rob Enderle, notes that the market isn't locked up, and offers a tantalizing tidbit:
...and I've heard of an Apple prototype making the rounds in Silicon Valley. ... I'm hoping for a surprise next...
500,000 G5s?
Appleinsider claims that Apple has sold over 500,000 PowerMac...
PortalPlayer Photo Edition Platform
eeTimes reports that PortalPlayer Inc will be launching a new "Photo Edition" of its media platform which will help companies develop new portable media devices aimed at supporting photo/video content.
PortalPlayer currently enjoys a large marketshare with their current music-player based platform which is used as the basis of 80% of the current audio players on the market -- including...
iTunes: Lord of the Rings CD-Rs
As reported by the LA Times, Apple and Time Warner have started offering specially designed Lord of the Rings CD-Rs.
These limited edition blank CDs are specifically designed for users purchasing the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King soundtrack from Apple's iTunes Music Store.
This marks a bit of a shift in mentality from record labels, by promoting the use of CD-Rs and...
Instant Music Stores?
SFGate.com reports on an upcoming service to be offered to businesses by Loudeye Corp in partnership with Microsoft.
The new Digital Music Store service from Loudeye and Microsoft will allow companies to quickly launch their own online music stores. Two early customers of the new service include AT&T Wireless and Gibson Guitar Corp.
The file format offered, of course, will be Windows ...
Apple Trademarks 'iWrite' -- New Application?
As noted briefly on ThinkSecret, Apple appears to have trademarked a new name... "iWrite" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
"iWrite" was filed for trademark on September 12, 2003 and is categorized under "Computer hardware; computer software".
Interestingly, the trademark is registered under "Appple Computer, Inc." (with an extra 'p') so will not come up on a routine ...
Apple Seeds 10.3.2 Build 7D24
ThinkSecret reports that Apple has seeded developers with Mac OS X 10.3.2 build 7D24. Key enhancements include "improves file sharing and directory services for mixed Mac/PC networks, PostScript printing, font management, Mail, Address Book, and ATI/NVIDIA graphics drivers."
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PowerMac G5 Firmware Update (5.1.4)
Apple has posted a PowerMac G5 firmware update (5.1.4):
This firmware update provides changes for initializing and running your Power Mac G5. It provides some performance improvements for some PCI-X configurations, patches a security hole and improves fan behavior in Open Firmware.
The update appears in Mac OS X's software update for PowerMac G5 owners. This update was previously...
IBM's PowerPC 65-nm Plans?
AppleInsider reports that IBM is working on mobile/embedded 64-bit PowerPC processors under the "PowerPC 300" series name.
This information echos rumors from a previous MacRumors report from November:
In light of the ongoing difficulties in incorporating desktop-class processors (such as the PowerPC 970) into the PowerBook, Apple and IBM have laid the...
Apple Leads Digitial Music Downloads
TechNewsWorld reports that Apple's iTunes Music Service remains well in the lead of legal music download services.
The first to take on Apple was BuyMusic.com in July. It expected 1 million daily song downloads. "We're not achieving that at all," says BuyMusic CEO Scott Blum. "I've spoken with my competitors, and we're nowhere near (Apple's) numbers."
The article cites first...
Toshiba Creates World's Smallest Hard Drive
NikkeiBP reports that Toshiba has developed the"world's smallest hard-disk drive" at 0.85 inches in diameter.
Previously, Hitatchi's 1-inch hard drive held the record. The upcoming Toshiba drive will have a storage capacity of 2-3GB and is expected to cost around 30,000 yen (~$278 US dollars) initially, but dropping down to 10,000 (~$92) yen in a few years.
The drive is also not...
AdAge's 2003 Marketer of the Year: Apple
AdAge names Apple their 2003 Marketer of the Year.
[Apple] has achieved incredible levels of brand loyalty and created an army of evangelist users not because of its great advertising -- though certainly its print and TV work was among the best in 2003 -- but because it focuses, in everything it does, on the consumer.
The article provides...
iTunes Music Store - 25 Million Songs
Apple announced that the iTunes Music Store has now sold over 25 million songs since its launch in April 2003.
The 25 millionth song -- which was purchased on Friday afternoon was Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! by Frank Sinatra.
Apple also released that over $1 million in iTunes online gift certificates and allowances have been purchased since their addition on October 16th,...
Canadian 'MP3 Player' Tax [Updated]
The Canadian Copyright Board approved a new tax to be added to MP3 devices imported and manufactured in Canada.
The new fees are based on a sliding scale with $1.50/unit for devices up to 1 GB, $11.25 for 1-10GB, and $19 for devices more than 10GB.
The new fees are intended to offset copyright infringement losses presumably by users of such devices. However, concerns are raised in...
2GB Mini-iPods in Janaury?
According to a new report, Apple has been demoing a new product to select insiders. The new device is reportedly a 2GB "mini" iPod, and has been noted to come in a variety of colors. Expected introduction of the new low-end iPods are in January 2004.
Some recent rumors have hinted at low end iPods coming from Apple, with subsequent corroboration.
While Apple presently uses Toshiba's ...
