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
SDK Changes Open Door to VOIP Over 3G Networks... iPad Phone Calls Possible?
iCall announced today that Apple had made changes to iPhone SDK that makes Voice over IP (VOIP) over cellular networks possible. With the latest revisions Apple has made to the iPhone developer agreement and Software Development Kit, iCall for the iPhone and iPod Touch now enabled unrestricted free local and long distance calling over 3G data networks. iCall claims to be one of the few VoIP...
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iPad SDK 3.2 Details: External Display, File Sharing System, No Multitasking
Apple has unleashed iPhone OS 3.2 SDK to developers today to prepare for the launch of the Apple iPad. The new iPhone OS 3.2 only runs on the iPad device and will not run on the iPhone or iPod Touch. The accompanying documents are said to have revealed a number of interesting features about the iPad and the latest version of the iPad operating system.
- External Display Support. iPad...
Apple Tablet Media Event Today: 'Come See Our Latest Creation'
Apple is holding its media event today and is expected to introduce their much anticipated tablet device. We will provide links to live coverage of the event and provide bulleted updates. The event kicks off at 10 am Pacific or 1 pm Eastern. Apple does not provide a live video or audio stream to their events, so you can only follow along live with text and photo updates. Apple will post a...
Apple's Focus on Content and Possible eBook Pricing
Last night Derek Powazek of Fray published an opinion piece called "What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow". As both a print and online publisher, Powazek provides some excellent insight into the promise of a mainstream Apple tablet with regard to content providers. He concludes: It's the same hole they filled with the iPod. When it came out, there were CDs on one side (physical media for sale)...
Last Minute Leaked Photos of Apple Tablet? [Updated]
Engadget posts a possible image of what appears to be the Apple Tablet. Okay, we obviously can't confirm this, but we just got two very interesting images of what certainly looks like a prototype Apple tablet, or what could be the tablet bolted down to a table. It's big -- really big -- and it's running what clearly looks like an iPhone app, although we've never seen an iPhone app with that...
McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based, Going to Be "Terrific"
In an interview with CNBC, McGraw-Hill's CEO confirms that their textbooks will be on the Apple Tablet and it will be an iPhone OS based machine. When asked about rumors that their textbooks will be on the Apple tablet, Terry McGraw responds (2m 50s): "Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they'll make their...
The Apple Tablet Rumor Roundup
Over the years, there have always been those rumored Apple products and announcements that seem to take on a life of their own. Products that have been rumored for so long that you never actually think they will ever arrive, and when they finally do, it seems surreal. We can remember three other moments like this:
- PowerMac G5 (2003)
- Macintosh Moving to Intel Processors (2005)
- The...
Apple Tablet Mockup Photos Gain Attention
As typical prior to any Apple event, supposedly "leaked" product images tend to start circulating. Unfortunately, actual product image leaks are quite rare and they typically come from a trusted source or site. In fact, it's been extremely rare for randomly circulating and unsourced images to be genuine.
We had previously posted a collection of these circulating "iPad" images on our Page 2...
Apple iPad Pricing and Availability: $600-$1000, March 1st? [Updated: Fake]
According to a (now deleted) tweet by major German electronics retailer Media Markt, the Apple iPad will go on sale March 1st at a price of 499 Euros with contract with T-Mobile or 899 Euros without. In U.S. prices this would likely be around $500-$600 U.S. with contract and $999 without. We came to these numbers by comparing similarly priced Apple items sold in Euros and USD (Mac Mini: 549 ...
Tablet Hype and Rumors: Jobs and Cook, Carriers, and iPhone Apps
As Apple's media event quickly approaches, the flurry of rumors continue to pour in. First off, both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook of Apple have been building the hype for their product announcement on Wednesday. In Apple's PR release, Steve Jobs describes the release of a "major new product that that we're really excited about."
During the Q&A session of today's financial results conference...
Apple Preps Yerba Buena for Media Event
Apple has begun prepping the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and appears to be placing large banners on the side of the building to mimic the invitations sent out last week. MacRumors reader Samuel Powell sent in this photo of the Yerba Buena Center being prepped for the event.
Apple's media event will take place on January 27th at 10 a.m. Pacific time, where...
AT&T Losing iPhone Exclusivity on Wednesday?
HotHardware claims that AT&T may be losing its iPhone exclusivity as early as Wednesday at Apple's media event: According to an inside source close to the going-ons involved in all of this, a new tablet of some sort may not be the only thing on deck for next Wednesday though. We have been led to believe by an inside source that AT&T will lose their iPhone exclusivity on the same day, though it's...
Steve Jobs on Apple Tablet: "This Will Be The Most Important Thing I've Ever Done."
TechCrunch reports that Steve Jobs has been heard saying that the upcoming Apple tablet "will be the most important thing I've ever done." The report is said to come from multiple independent sources: We haven't heard this first hand, but we've heard it multiple times second and third hand from completely independent sources. Senior Apple execs and friends of Jobs are telling people that he's...
January 2010 Media Event Spoiler Free Keynote Stream [Stream Available]
Update: Apple has posted video of the event, available in three different sizes/bandwidths:
- Low
- Medium
- High
On January 27th, Apple will be hosting a media event detailing their latest "creation". News sites across the web will cover every announcement in detail, while Apple's site will be updated with any new products announced.
Some readers prefer watching the keynote...
'IP Application Development' Files for U.S. iPad Trademark
As first noted by Jesus Tablet, the company that has been registering the iPad trademark internationally en masse has also applied for it in the U.S. We revealed earlier this month that a company called IP Application Development had begun applying for the iPad trademark in mid January.
The company has been loosely connected to an Apple shell corporation called Slate Computing through a...
Mac OS X 10.7 Appearing in Web Logs, Dev Release at WWDC?
As we reported earlier, it's no surprise that Apple is actively working on Mac OS X 10.7. Bug reports from the early builds were spotted in November and as early as December Mac OS X 10.7 signatures appeared in web logs from Apple-owned IP addresses. More spottings have been since reported, and we've found Mac OS X 10.7 signatures in our own web logs with increasing frequency since October.
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Prototype Laptop Stolen from Apple in December?
Zirana.com published a weekly crime summary of Cupertino, CA for late December which reveals that a prototype Apple laptop was stolen from Apple campus: Trade Secret Theft/Possession of Stolen Property - Infinite Loop
Between 1/1 and 12/18, unknown suspect(s) took a prototype laptop worth about $100,000 from Apple Computers on Infinite Loop using an unknown method. The suspect(s) sold it to...
Apple Tablet Likely to Include Front Facing Camera?
Despite conflicting reports, we have reason to believe that the upcoming Apple Tablet will indeed carry a front facing video camera as recently described in the Wall Street Journal: This person said Apple has experimented with the ability ... for the gadget to automatically recognize individuals via a built-in camera.While the presence of a front facing camera could allow for this novel use of...
Apple in Tablet Discussions with Both AT&T and Verizon
Fox News reports that Apple is in last minute negotiations with both AT&T and Verizon to provide wireless service for their upcoming tablet device. Support for both networks suggests that Apple will be producing two versions of the device to support the different wireless standards: Nevertheless, Apple is in talks with both AT&T and Verizon to support the tablet, according to sources within the...
More Tablet Rumors: Dual Dock Connectors, Antenna Panel and Optional 3G Support?
As the tablet event approaches, there seems to be no shortage of rumors and speculation about exactly what form the tablet will take. It's probably a good time to remind readers that prior to the iPhone launch, a number of wildly different specs and descriptions had been floating around. As it turned out, Apple had made efforts to create bogus handset prototypes to prevent the rumor sites from...
