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
Is Sony Fragmenting Thunderbolt? Apple, not Intel, Applies for Thunderbolt Trademark
Engadget and Gula Digital report that while Sony is planning on implementing Thunderbolt in their upcoming laptops, the company will be using a USB connector rather than a DisplayPort connector. Look closely at that picture. See that Type-A USB jack? The one with the blue stripe sandwiched between the round AC jack (with its green light) and VGA and HDMI ports? Yeah, that's Sony's Thunderbolt...
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Apple LTE-enabled iPhone Due in 2012, iPhone 4S Preparations for September 2011
Though not a particular surprise, Digitime's sources claim that the LTE-enabled "iPhone 4S" is unlikely to launch until 2012.Apple is likely to delay the launch of its LTE-enabled iPhones to 2012, said the sources, noting that the industry had also long been skeptical about the launch of LTE iPhones in 2011 as the implementation of LTE networks has not yet matured.LTE is the next generation...
Apple to Launch New MacBook Air in June-July
Digitimes reports that Apple is planning on new shipments of 11.6" and 13.3" MacBook Air models for launch in June or July. The new MacBook Airs will feature the Sandy Bridge chipset and Thunderbolt interface.Main supply chain makers for the new models remain about the same as for the existing MacBook Air, with Quanta Computer solely responsible for assembly, Catcher Technology supplying...
Apple's Back to School Promo Starting Next Week
AppleInsider reports that Apple's annual back-to-school promotion will kick of next week and will be one of the topics in this weekend's retail meeting:Apple as early as next week will once again announce its annual back-to-school promotion that has historically offered a free or discounted iOS device to customers purchasing of a new Mac, an event that may prove to be one of the main topics of...
Restoring Your iOS Device with Folder Organization Intact
Image via ThinkMac
Macworld writer Dan Frakes details his frustration at losing his iPhone's folder organization one night. All his iPhone's organized apps had been strewn about folderless. In his attempt to restore the process, he figured out the right way to restore from iTunes to ensure his folder organization remains intact.It turns out that iTunes actually offers two kinds of restores....
Analysis of Lodsys' Legal Threats from FOSS Patents and EFF
Certainly App Store developers are paying close attention to the legal happenings surrounding the Lodsys situation. Lodsys has threatened to sue some App Store developers over seemingly trivial patent claims. Here's some more reading material if you have a vested interest in the outcome.
FOSS Patents provides a nice FAQ-style question analyzing the situation between Lodsys and App Store...
'Fantastical' Natural Language Calendar App for Mac Launches
Flexibits has released their new calendar app for the Mac called Fantastical. This natural language calendar assistant allows you to create events by typing in your plans:Using an advanced natural language engine, Fantastical is extremely expressive, allowing users enter event text in their own style. For example, enter a sentence such as "Lunch with John at 123 Main Street on Tuesday" and...
Hewlett Packard Not Convinced of the Value of Thunderbolt
PCWorld reports that while Hewlett-Packard (HP) had considered using Thunderbolt in its newest desktop PCs, for now it's sticking with USB 3.0.“We did look at [Thunderbolt]. We’re still looking into it. Haven't found a value proposition yet,” said Xavier Lauwaert, worldwide marketing manager for desktops at HP.According to Lauwaert, everone seems to be content with USB 3.0 so they don't see the...
Listen to the Nuance Text-to-Speech Voices Found in Mac OS X Lion
Lion Speech control panel (via 9to5mac)
Late last week, Netputing revealed that Mac OS X Lion Developer Previews include an option to install new text-to-speech voices. The voices were actually found to be identical to voices from a Nuance speech product, seemingly confirming that Apple will be using Nuance technology in Mac OS X Lion. The voices aren't quite yet usable in Lion, as Netputing...
Videos Showing Off Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview 3
With the 3rd developer release of Mac OS X Lion being released a few days ago, there have been a few videos showing off some of the new features.
The boot/login screen of Lion has been updated, offering a cross-fade upon login.
To recap, here's a brief overview of Mac OS X Lion (including features found in previous developer releases)
This shows how Apple's "Reading List"...
Apple Schedules Extended Retail Meetings May 22nd Sparking Speculation About Event
MacStories reports that Apple retail stores are holding all-hands employee meetings on Sunday, May 22nd. While it's not unusual for Apple to hold such meetings, the early timing of the meeting seems strange.Store meetings at 7AM Sunday across United States. Unusual time. Expecting some announcement. All stores, brand-wide US. Don't know about other countries.While there had previously been...
GoFlex Satellite Lets You Access 500GB of Movies from Your iPad/iPhone
Seagate has introduced the GoFlex Satellite portable hard drive for use with iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone. The external hard drive includes a Wi-Fi interface as well as the ability to stream photos and movies to your iOS device. Rather than rely on a buffered stream from a distant provider, GoFlex Satellite mobile storage wirelessly serves up media content as a local attached...
A Concept Video for iOS 5 Speech Recognition
Janmike34 posted a nicely produced concept video for how Nuance's voice recognition could be integrated into iOS 5. In essence, text fields can become speech recognition fields by tapping and holding on text fields. This functionality can be offered to 3rd party applications as well using the standard iOS text field.
While a nicely produced video, it's not more impressive than what Google...
Refurbished 2011 MacBook Pros Available from Apple
While the occasional 2011 refurbished MacBook Pros have been trickling into the online Apple Store over the past couple of weeks, a couple of readers have noticed that there's been a notable increase in availability of 2011 models over the past couple of days.
Apple is presently listing the following refurbished 2011 MacBook Pros:
Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.3GHz dual-core Intel i5...
iPhone 5 Camera Parts Show No Attached Flash
Apple.pro has posted photos comparing parts of the iPhone 5 camera components alongside the iPhone 4 camera components. (via 9to5mac) Notably, the iPhone 5 rear camera does not come with an integrated Flash attached to it. This would suggest that the case photo posted earlier today may be accurate, and that the next generation iPhone's camera flash will be located separately from the camera. ...
Apple Patent Shows One Use for Nuance's Speech Recognition Technology
Patently Apple points to a newly published patent application which could show one possible reason Apple is so interested in Nuance's speech recognition technology. Apple is rumored to be in negotiations with Nuance for the use of their speech recognition engine in iOS 5.
The patent application offers a possible solution to two different scenarios where it would be hard for someone to...
'iPhone 5G' Case Design Shows Redesigned Camera Flash
GadgetsDNA points to a new Chinese case design found on Alibaba that claims to be for the "iPhone 5G". 1.100% brand new high quality crystal case for iphone 5g .
2. Provides a comfortable grip, added protection against accidental drops .
3. Perfectly fits the iPhone 5g, easy to insert and remove .What's unusual about the case is that it seems to depict a very thin-bezel design as well as a...
'Reading List' Screenshots from Mac OS X Lion
Apple's new in-browser Reading List that was hidden in previous builds of Lion is now up and running. Reading List appears as a special shelf in the browser that is called upon with the special icon:
Sites can be added to your Reading List for later reading:
And recalled by clicking on them.
Click on images for larger...
Apple Releases Lion Developer Preview 3 and Xcode 4.1 Preview 5
Per MacStories, Apple has released a new Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 to its developers this evening as well as Xcode 4.1 Developer Preview 5. Apple last updated Lion for developers in late April. That version contained several UI changes presumably based on feedback from developers.
Apple is expected to discuss lion at WWDC which takes place in early June. Apple has targeted Mac...
Bungie Working on a Mobile Phone Game called 'Crimson'
TouchArcade and GameInformer note that acclaimed game developer Bungie has started work on a mobile game under the company Bungie Aerospace. The new company was started by Bungie and has filed a trademark for "Crimson" which is described as:"Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; Computer game software for use on mobile and cellular phones; Downloadable computer...
