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
Firewire 2... here?
James provided this tidbit:
http://standards.ieee.org/board/rev/302recomm.html which seems to indicate approval for the new 1394b standard... posted March 20th 2002.
Interestingly enough, James also points us to this release which discusses the 'b' version:
He cited the arrival of the new b version of the standard, which provides a minimum of 800 Megabit/second...
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Palm Desktop OS X...
Rower_CPU wrote in:
Palm has released its (final) Palm Desktop 4 software for OS X.
Foreign language versions are still in Beta
...
NEC to Raise Prices...
On the heels of MacWorld Tokyo and Apple's iMac price increase...
According to this CNet report NEC is raising prices of their next product line due to rising industry costs.
According to another report: Fujitsu and IBM Japan will be following suit with 10-20% increases starting in April.
...
Upcoming Apple Conferences/Releases
The following is a list of conferences that Apple will be participating in during the coming months.
JavaOne SF - March 25-29. With Mac OS X, Apple's been trying to get serious about Java. They will be hosting 3 sessions dealing with Mac OS X and Java.
National School Board Association's Annual Conference - April 6-9. In their push back towards education, they are featuring their...
Academy Awards: Apple Ad
The Academy Awards aired on 3/24/2002
Apple showed its previously shown iMac advertisement...
Apple: Stereoscopic Displays and Wearable Computers?
Apple's research into Stereoscopic displays may date back as far as 1995:
Stereoscopic Displays and VR Systems III Preface indicates Apple demonstrated the following in 1996:
A prototype wearable computer system from Apple Computer with a Virtual I/O head mounted display
As well, this paper Volumetric Hyper Reality, A Computer Graphics Holy Grail for the 21st Century?...
Interesting OS X Apps
To play with over the weekend....
3DOSX - 3DOSX is a file system browser that utilizes three dimensions to view directory hierarchies. It supports a full range of file system actions, such as copying, labeling, creating new folders, and ejecting disks.
Goliath - WebDAV Client which lets you connect to Apple iDisks much quicker than via Finder.
mlDonkey - unofficial eDonkey...
MacWorld Tokyo Keynote Clips
Mac DV provides us a link to watch Steve Jobs from the MacWorld Tokyo Keynote:
http://www.tokyodv.com
One of the movie files in the top left is a home video of Jobs demonstrating bluetooh during the MWTokyo keynote. Plus a quick clip of him commenting on the Imac supply/demand issue. Looks pretty cool...enjoy.
Link credit: 2-pop.com's...
Future iPod Functionality?
This CNet article discusses the new contact functionality now available on Apple's iPod.
With this added functionality, people are predictably speculating about adding further functionality... but Apple's director of hardware product marketing speaks again:
But Apple doesn't see iPod morphing into a Palm-like device. The new software, developed by Apple, is there mostly as a...
Apple: Stereoscopic Displays?
In looking back over previous rumors, and exploring the winners and the losers, it's interesting to find out the accuracy of previous rumors.
I can't credit the 10gig iPod to any one particular source, as it's like saying "there will be faster Macs"...
However... one item which made the MacWorld San Francisco Rumor Roundup was this tidbit from a Jan 3, 2002 EETimes article:
In addition ...
Bluetooth Mice?
McFreggle points out in the forums:
Spymac claims that Apple planned to release new mice (as said before in the threads about the two buttons also), but has delayed it for an unknown reason.
They say the special thing about it, is that it would be a Bluetooth mouse... Now this could make sense... Support for Bluetooth, and then wireless...
MacWorld Tokyo Photos
One user posted pictures from MacWorld Tokyo.
A lot of the usual... but a few unique items... my favorites are the iPod Jukebox, iPod docking station and the Beer server...
MacWorld Tokyo Rumor Wrapup
With the Keynote over, and presumably most of the major announcements made... here's a wrap up of rumors over the past few weeks and the winners and losers
Winners
MacOSX.com Forums - Posted on 3/18/02, the iPod contact functionality was disclosed.
Spymac, MacOSRumors and many users predicted 10gig iPod functionality.
Surprisingly, an anonymous emailer to MacRumors...
MWTokyo: Live Updates...
Where to get your fix:
PowerPage.org - claims Live coverage.
MacObserver - Live updates if they have net access during the keynote.
YourMacLife
We'll provide updates as we get them...
News from the expo:
The Apple Store is up-to-date with the new products/pricings.
New iPod Contact functionality (standard vCard support and "Contacts" menu) via now-available iPod...
iPod Equalizer Settings
Scab Cake reports that iPoding posted an image confirming the existance of Equalizer settings on an upcoming iPod update:
iTunes EQ settings are supported and there is also an iPod-wide preset selection...
Apple Booth: Secret
wrylachlan points out... Wired has a story entitled "What's Behind That Apple Curtain?"
No one expects Apple to introduce anything new Thursday morning when CEO Steve Jobs delivers the opening keynote. The company has recently refreshed its entire product line; no new products are supposed to be in the pipeline. The biggest surprise will be whether Jobs wears jeans or a suit.
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Tokyo Updates...
Apple has a Hot News page dedicated to MacWorld Tokyo.
YourMacLife will be in MacWorld Tokyo as well, with updates provided.
Remember... due to the time difference, the keynote won't begin until approximately 7:30pm tonight Eastern...
MacWorld Tokyo Rumor Roundup
MacWorld Tokyo is upon us... and Steve Jobs will deliver the MacWorld Tokyo Keynote on March 21 at 9:30am Tokyo time. (no webcast available)
So... What to expect from this Expo?
Well... not much., according to Apple's Senior of Hardware Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak.. who early on squelched much speculation by stating in Feb: "We're not planning to introduce any new CPUs at...
Two Button Mice?
Spymac claims that Apple will be releasing two-button mice in the future:
Two-button mice have been developed at Apple and are scheduled for an introduction during the second half of 2002.
Historically, Apple has only provided one-button mice... due to human interface issues, dating back to the beginning. Written by Jef Raskin:
While I was the first PARC-savvy...
LCD Prices on the Rise
A Digitimes article reports that LCD prices are on the rise...
Prices of 15-inch panels were originally not expected to reach US$250 until the fourth quarter this year. Many panel makers have said that 15-inch panel prices will increase by another US$5-10 in April.
It seems LCD manufacturers are making up for previous losses... however, panel manufactering is current expanding ...
