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
Woz Reveals Plans
This New York Times article reveals what Steve Wozniak has been up to with his new company -- Wheels of Zeus.
wireless location-monitoring technology that would use electronic tags to help people keep track of their animals, children or property.
The company is set to launch their first products next year which will carry the name "WozNet". WozNet is described as a wireless...
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USB 2.0 in iMacs? [Correction]
Previous reports of USB 2.0 chipsets built into PowerMacs led to some conflicting reports regarding the activation of this hidden functionality through experimental drivers.
Recent (cryptic) reports suggest that the iMac may contain the same functionality and will receive an unexpected (but official) update from Apple this Wednesday to enable this functionality.
Correction: Well,...
Sony Ericsson T300. Free, and you get $100
Amazon is offering the Sony Ericsson T300 Phone with Communicam. Cost for you is $149.99. But they offer $250 in rebates... which means you actually get $100 if you sign up with this phone.
Amazon has rebates up to $150 for many phones as well
The Sony Ericsson T68is phone is free after rebate.
Link:
Sony...
Powerbook Rumors Again
MacBidouille claims to have reliable information on upcoming Powerbook updates.
They claim that the long-awaited Powerbooks will make an appearance at the "end of the next month" and will be produced with the PowerPC 7457 from Motorola. Speeds are expected to be 1.1, 1.25 and 1.33 GHz with USB 2.0 and Firewire 800 throughout the entire line.
This information is consistent with...
CD Baby Digital Distribution
CDBaby.net has also posted details of their Digital Distribution program -- which promises music submissions to digitial distribution programs including Apple's iTunes Music Store, Listen.com, Emusic and more.
More details of the agreements are available on their site -- but this provides another option for independent artists to reach the Apple iTunes Music...
Powerbooks in September?
Macnews.net.tc claims that Powerbooks will be coming in September with speeds ranging from 1.1 GHz and 1.3 GHz powered by the PowerPC...
iSight Built-in?
LoopRumors claims that the iSight technology will be built into future displays.
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Apple Educational Pricing Discounted
Multiple users have noted that Apple's Educational prices have dropped significantly today.
New lower prices. Now you can save 5% to 15% on most Apple products.
This brings prices of the Dual 2GHz machines down to $2699.00 from a retail price of $2999.00 - and appears to be reflected on invoices of already pre-ordered...
10-40% Off at CompUSA
CompUSA is offering 10%-40% off of select items for Friday, July 18th to Saturday, July 19th.
Link CompUSA.com...
iTunes AAC Encoding/Submission Service
MacMinute reports that Oasis CD Manufacturing announced that they now offer Encoding/Submitting services for Apple's iTunes Music Store, promotion/listing, cddb database submissions and more.
This is targetted for the indie musician or independent label who wants their music in Apple's iTunes Music...
IBM's Processor Plans after the 970
eWeek reports that IBM is planning to take on Sun and HP with low-end and ultra-low-end Linux servers.
The new servers will be based on the PowerPC 970 (aka GPUL internally). eWeek reports that by mid-2004, there will be a replacement processor for these servers known as GPUL2 - which is simply described as an updated version of the PowerPC 970.
The rumor-mill has dubbed a Power5...
Apple iPod and VW Beetle Commercial
Apple has posted the Pods Unite television commercial to their website.
The Pods Unite campaign pairs the Volkswagen Beetle and Apple's iPod and will be featured in multiple markets: television, radio, newspaper, boardcast meda, and e-commerce through the end of September. The promotion offers a free iPod with 2003 Beetle sedan...
High End Server Rumors?
Scattered (but unconfirmed) whispers of a high-end server coming from Apple have been mentioned in the past -- but with no real confirmation.
MacBidouille adds to these with a rumor that Apple is working on a high-end server (codename: Dark Star) with support of up to 64 G5 Processors. According to the site, the new machines would be priced between $12,000 and $500,000 [article originally...
IBM Fishkill Plant with Problems?
This Reuters report indicates that IBM's new $3 billion microchip factory is having production problems.
Demonstrating the risk of huge investments in advanced chip-making tools, International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday cited production problems at the gleaming chip plant in East Fishkill, New York, as a reason why its microchip business would lose money this year.
It's...
Apple Posts PowerMac G5 TV Ad
Tuesday night, readers reported a new PowerMac G5 commercial being run on Television.
While user captured versions were posted quickly on the web, Apple has now posted a higher resolution version in Quicktime.
The commercial depicts a user getting 'blown out' of the side of his house, with the camera zoomingin to show a PowerMac G5 and Cinema Display -- with a voice over stating...
Apple Financial Call Hilights
Hilights from Apple's Conference Call today:
- 771,000 CPUs shipped during the quarter (down from a year ago) with higher average revenue per system sold.
- iBooks and Powerbooks sold very well with portable products being 46% of all Mac sold. The desktop products down, especially the iMac.
- PowerMac G4 sales are soft, but G5 response has been strong.
- 304,000 iPods...
Bluetooth Mouse in Production?
PowerPage.org claims that Apple has already received shipment of thousands of Bluetooth mice from a Taiwanese...
Apple Posts Earnings ($19 Million Profit)
Apple posted their quarterly earnings that fell from a year ago, but on slightly higher revenue:
For the fiscal third quarter ended June 28, Cupertino, California-based Apple said it had net income of $19 million, or 5 cents a share, down from $32 million, or 9 cents, a year ago. Revenue rose to $...
Apple's Q3 2003 Financial Results Today
Apple's Qtr 3 - 2003 Financial Results call takes place today at 5:30PM EST.
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 that could influence results, please refer to Apples SEC...
Greg Joswiak's Feature Presentation
Greg Joswiak, Apple's Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing, gave a Feature Presentation today at Macworld Creative Pro between 9:30 and 10:30 am EST.
According to notes provided at AppleMatters.com, Joswiak's Feature Presentation was sparsely attended and covered previous announcements as well as the introduction of Soundtrack as an standalone application.
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