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
Suppliers Preparing for 1st Quarter 2011 Launch of 2nd Generation iPad
Digitimes reports that touch panel and glass suppliers are completing validation for Apple's second generation iPad. Apple is expected to launch the second-generation iPad in the first-quarter of 2011, the suppliers noted.Component shipments are expected in the beginning of 2011 with...
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Apple's 27" LED Cinema Display Now On Sale
As anticipated, Apple has started selling the 27" Apple LED Cinema Display on their online store. Connect the 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display to your Mac and supersize your view with an incredible 2560-by-1440 resolution, LED backlighting for instant-on brightness, and an amazing 178-degree viewing angle.The 27" display was first announced back in July and effectively replaces Apple's 30"...
iPhone 4 vs iPod Touch 4 Comparison Videos
Letemsvetemapplem.eu has posted a series of videos providing some direct comparisons between the iPhone 4 and 4th generation iPod Touch. The first one is a speed boot test between the iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS. We're not sure if it shows very much, though the iPad booted the fastest of the bunch.
More interesting is the ...
Amazon Takes on iPad in New Commercial
Amazon has taken Apple head on in their latest commercial for their Kindle e-reader: The ad, shown here, features a guy sitting poolside in a t-shirt and shorts struggling to read an e-book on a black LCD-screen device that looks an awful lot like an iPad.
Next to him, a gal in a bikini is enjoying reading on her Kindle, featuring an E Ink screen that looks so clear in the sun that she can...
iPad to be Sold at Target in October?
Engadget claims that Target will begin carrying Apple's iPad in the coming weeks. The evidence comes in the form of inventory screenshots from Target's PDAs. Apparently 6 unnamed items are due on October 3rd and they match up with the iPads unique pricing (Wi-Fi and 3G models). That includes a list featuring...
Apple Readying New FaceTime Equipped iPads?
The current iPad model.
Appleinsider claims that Apple may already be in "advanced testing stages" of a new FaceTime capable iPads. A version of the tablet device with a built-in video camera and support for the new FaceTime video conferencing standard has already...
MacUpdate Fall Bundle: 12 Mac Apps for $49.99
A few times a year, MacRumors partners with MacUpdate to promote their Mac application bundle deal. Their latest bundle delivers at least 12 Mac applications for $49.99 (a $443 value if all purchased separately) including:
Toast 10 Titanium ($99.99) - popular disc burning utility and media to iOS-friendly conversion
Live Interior 3D Standard...
VLC Video Player Coming to iPad
As first reported by Mac4Ever, VLC has been ported to the iPad by Applidium with the blessing of the VideoLan team. The app is currently in submission with Apple and is awaiting approval. After several month of porting, we are proud to announce the release of VLC for the iPad! This application stands out for two...
Apple Releases New 'iPad is Musical' Commercial
As a followup to their iPad is Delicious and What is iPad commercials, Apple introduced a new iPad commercial last night.
The ad features the iPad in a variety of scenes, each captioned with text including "medical, live, musical, work, play, memories, social, magazines, and...
Game Center Games Starting to Appear in App Store
A forum thread on TouchArcade is maintaining a list of current and expected Game Center enabled games. Game Center offers a centralized achievement and leaderboard system for the iOS platform. In addition, Game Center provides matchmaking capabilities for multi-player games.
Here are some notable games that have been updated to support leaderboards and achievements: Ms. Pac Man, Real...
iOS 4.1 Restores Field Test Mode
Gizmodo reports that iOS 4.1 has reincluded the Field Test mode to iOS. Field Test mode allows you to get a numerical figure for your antenna strength rather than the traditional bar measure. To get to Field Mode: - First, upgrade your iPhone 4 -- or any iPhone -- to iOS 4.1.
- Dial...
Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Does NOT Have Vibration
Another piece of news coming out of iFixit's iPod Touch teardown is that despite an earlier report, Apple's newest iPod Touch does not include a motor for vibration. TouchFans apparently mis-identified a microphone for a vibration motor on the
iPod Nano and Touch In Stores Tomorrow, Early Reviews
We've heard that the new iPod nano and iPod Touch will be arriving in Apple retail stores tomorrow, and the first reviews are starting to filter in.
The iPod nano is the most dramatically different device in Apple's lineup. The nano embraces a fully multi-touch interface rather than the familiar click-wheel of previous models.
Apple Releases Safari 5.0.2
Apple today released a small software update for Safari, bringing it up to version 5.0.2. The update contains "improvements to compatibility and security" and includes the following: - Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms
- Fixes an issue that could cause web content to display incorrectly when viewing a Google Image result with Flash 10.1 installed
- Establishes an ...
Official AppShopper App Now Available
Our sister site AppShopper.com launched its official AppShopper app this morning. AppShopper is an app-tracking website that provides a running list of all the latest changes in the App Store. This includes finding new apps, updates and price changes. A variety of filters can also be used to pinpoint specific ...
iHome and Others to Offer AirPlay Peripherals
TUAW notes that iHome is the first company to officially announce an AirPlay-compatible product last week. Details are scarce, but iHome posted the above product photo described as "iHome AirPlay wireless speaker system with rechargeable battery." The speaker system will be available for the holiday season and will support Apple's new AirPlay protocol....
New iPod Touch Adds Vibration
Originally discovered on iPod Touch Fans (and also on 9to5), it appears that the new 4th generation iPod Touch actually contains a motor that allows it to vibrate. The motor is shown in the FCC tear down photos of the device.
Apple notes the vibration alert in their iPod Touch Accessibility page: If somebody wants to start a video call...
Parallels 6 Prematurely Appears on Store Shelves
TUAW reports on one reader spotting the retail packaging for Parallels 6 at a local Fry's store: No official announcement from the virtualization mavens at Parallels, but it appears that the next version of the company's Mac app for Windows virtual machines is already popping up at retail. Sharp-eyed reader Matthew Fern snapped this shot of Parallels Desktop 6 already on sale at Fry's...
Apple Details Features in iOS 4.2 for iPad
Apple has posted a dedicated page detailing the new features coming to the iPad in November. iOS 4.2 is the unifying release that finally brings the iPad and iPhone in feature sync. The iPad was originally launched with iOS 3.2 and has since fallen behind the iPhone and iPod touch's iOS in features.
Besides multi-tasking and folder...
Twitter for iPad Offers a Fresh New Interface
Tonight Twitter released a new update to their popular Twitter application that makes it a Universal app with native support for the iPad's large display. While native support has been a long requested feature for the official Twitter app, the company has also implemented a number of new interface features that seem quite natural on the iPad's large screen.
The most obvious feature is the use ...
