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 to Offer a CDMA (Verizon) Version of Next iPad?
DigiTimes reports that Apple is expected to release three different versions of the next generation iPad in 2011. These include Wi-Fi, UMTS (3G) and CDMA versions with mass production starting as early as late January. Apple will ship about 500,000-530,000 units to channels in January with shipment ratio of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA models at 3:4:3, according to industry sources, citing upstream...
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Apple Increases 1st Quarter iPhone Shipments to 21 Million, Including the Verizon iPhone?
DigiTimes reports that Apple has raised their 1st Quarter 2011 iPhone shipment goals from 19 million units to 20-21 million units. This number reportedly includes 5-6 million CDMA iPhones: The first-quarter shipment goal for WCDMA iPhones has been adjusted from 13 million units to 14-15 million units, the sources said. The shipment goal for CDMA iPhones, which will be launched in North America...
Next iPad with Smaller Bezel, Flat Back, and Wide-Range Speaker?
Artist depiction of new speaker in iPad 2
Japanese blog Mac Otakara claims that the next generation iPad will have a slightly smaller bezel, a flat back and a new "wide-ranged speaker unit". The report (via AppleInsider) cites an anonymous Chinese source.
The changes would be welcome by some as it addresses a couple of criticisms of the original iPad design. The outer plastic bezel...
Apple Allows Camera+ Back onto App Store After 4 Month Removal
App store developers TapTapTap have re-released their popular iPhone camera utility Camera+ after an involuntary four month absence from the App Store.
In August, TapTapTap had written a blog post explaining that one of the features they called "VolumeSnap" had been the reason for their latest update being rejected by Apple. The feature allowed the user to remap the iPhone's volume button...
New iPhone 4 Ad: Under The Covers
Apple has posted a new iPhone 4 advertisement tonight. This one is a holiday themed FaceTime ad showing a son talking to his father dressed as Santa...
Apple Shuts Down Mac OS X Download Listing, Moving to App Store
Apple has emailed developers this evening informing them that they will be shutting down their Mac OS X Downloads page in favor of listings in the Mac App Store: Thank you for making the Mac OS X Download site a great destination with apps that offer users new ways to work, play, learn, and create on their Mac.
We recently announced that on January 6, 2011, the Mac App Store will open to...
Apple Launches 'iAd Producer' Tool
Apple has just launched a new software tool called iAd Producer (via MacStories). iAd Producer makes it easy for you to design and assemble high-impact, interactive content for iAd. iAd Producer automatically manages the HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript behind your iAd to make creating beautiful, motion-rich iAd content as easy as point and click. The tool is available for members of the iOS developer ...
AirFlick Offers Video Streaming from Mac to Apple TV over AirPlay
As followup to the reverse engineering of AirPlay, Erica Sadun has released an alpha version of a new tool called AirFlick. The previous tool allowed iOS 4.2 users to stream video to their Mac.
This new tool called AirFlick now allows Mac users to stream video content to their Apple TVs. This includes both locally saved files as well as streaming from files hosted on the internet. It also...
Motorola Targets Apple iPad in Upcoming Tablet Teaser Video
It seems CES 2011 will be much like CES 2010 with a big focus on upcoming tablets with inevitable comparisons made against Apple's popular iPad. Readers may remember that last year's CES was dominated by talk of the tablets with heavy rumors about the not-yet-announced Apple iPad.
In this teaser video called Tablet Evolution, Motorola hypes its upcoming Android-based tablet that will be...
How Half Life 1 for Mac Was Canceled At the Last Minute
The interesting story of how Half Life 1 for Mac was nearly ready to ship but canceled at the last minute. (via MacStories)...
iPhone 4 Discounted to $147 at Sam's Club
If you've been holding out for the iPhone 4, a few recent deals have emerged that have uncharacteristically discounted Apple's current generation iPhone. Earlier this month, a Radio Shack offered $50 off the iPhone 4 for a limited time (now over), and now Sam's Club is expected to offer a similar discount, according to a leaked memo on Engadget. We've been tipped off to Sam's Club now offering ...
NVIDIA Exits Chipset Business for Good? Apple to Continue to Use Old NVIDIA Chipsets?
An Xbitlabs report from November provides quotes from NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang about their seemingly permanent exit of the chipset business. We are not building any more chipsets, we are building SoCs now. We are building Tegra SoCs, and so we are going to take integration to a new level. [...] The chipset business [has] not grown largely this year because we have not really been expanding...
CES 2011: Google TV Sees Delays
The NYTimes reports that Google has asked manufacturers to delay introducing new Google TV products at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. CES 2011 was meant to be a big launch venue for Google TV-based products. But Google has asked the TV makers to delay their introductions, according to people familiar with the companys plans, so that it can refine the software, which has received a...
Apple Prepping for iWork '11 Mac App Store Launch?
According to a report from 9to5Mac, stock of iWork '09 is running low at retail Apple Stores. Meanwhile, Apple's online store auto-completes "iWork 11" as a possibility when searching for "iWork". While none of these findings are particularly conclusive, we have heard that Apple is planning on launching iWork '11 alongside the Mac App Store.
Apple has since given the date of January...
Word Lens Offers Real Time Language Translation
Last night, QuestVisual has released an eye-catching iOS app called Word Lens. Word Lens is an augmented reality app for the iPhone and iPod Touch (with video camera) which offers real time translation of text. You simply point your device's video camera at a sign and the program translates and superimposes the translated text onto the video in real time. The demo video shows it in action:
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'Aralon: Sword and Shadow HD' and Other Anticipated iOS Releases Arrive
Last night, a number of highly anticipated games made its way out into the App Store ahead of the holiday rush. Among them was Crescent Moon Games's role-playing game Aralon: Sword and Shadow HD. Aralon is an epic open world western RPG that is more comparable to the PC/console game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind than anything else available on the App Store. In fact, the game's art was...
Apple Expecting 6 Million iPad 2 Orders Per Month?
Digitimes reports that in anticipation of a high volume of orders for the next generation iPad, Apple is securing two additional touch panel makers, Chimei Innolux and Cando. According to Digitimes' sources, Apple's iPad 2 orders are expected to top 6 million units per month. In contrast, current iPad orders are only at 4 million units per quarter.
Apple has been widely rumored to be...
iMac and MacBook Pro Upgrades in First Half of 2011?
Digitimes claims that in addition to a new iPad revision, Apple is also planning on upgrading both the MacBook Pro and iMac in the first half of 2011. The sources noted that Apple plans to launch at least four upgraded MacBook Pros as well as an iMac that features a new panel size and a price point for the mainstream market.The Macbook Pro was last updated in April of 2010, so a first-half 2011...
Microsoft to Relaunch Windows Slates Again at CES
Steve Ballmer Demoing HP Slate-Style PC at CES 2010
According to the New York Times, Microsoft will once again be pushing their vision of the slate or tablet computer at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 in January. According to people familiar with Microsofts plans, Steve Ballmer, Microsofts chief executive, is expected to announce a number of these devices when he takes the stage at...
Mac Software Bundles: MacUpdate and Indie Mac Gift Pack
This week two Mac software bundles have launched. These bundles combine a number of Mac apps together into a discounted package.
The first comes from MacUpdate which we've partnered with a number of times over the past few years. The bundle includes the following apps for $49.99 ($534 value).
1Password - Password Manager
MacFamilyTree - Geneology app
DEVONthink - Organization...
