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
Video of Dual Thunderbolt Display off a 15" MacBook Pro
This video shows off a 15" MacBook Pro connected to two 27" Thunderbolt Displays daisy chained to each other.
Apple has just started shipping Thunderbolt displays to customers and released a document indicating how they could be used with the present Thunderbolt enabled Macs.
The MacBook Pros can drive two Thunderbolt displays, though the 13" model can't drive it's own built-in...
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Apple Joins Digital Due Process Coalition
The EFF has announced that both Apple and Dropbox have joined the Digital Due Process (DDP) coalition which is focused on pressing Congress to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.ECPA was passed by Congress in 1986, before the World Wide Web was even invented and when cell phones were still a rarity. Yet to this day, ECPA is the primary law governing how and when law enforcement...
'iPhone 4S' Cases Already Appearing?
While all the focus has been on potential iPhone 5 cases, @Chronicwire posts new images of Otterbox case boxes specifically labeled for the "iPhone 4S". He goes on to claim that Otterbox has produced 3,000,000 cases for the "iPhone 4S".
While chronic does not have photos of the actual case, the rear of the box curiously appears to show the volume buttons on the right side of the device...
Hong Kong Apple Store Opens to Press, Tim Cook to Attend Opening?
Apple opened the new Hong Kong retail store to the press, providing the first look inside the massive new two level store. NeonPunch provided this video walkthrough (and photo gallery), and reports that Apple has hired over 300 employees to work at the store. The new store is also complete with a spiral glass staircase in the center.
Meanwhile, MICGadget reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook ...
KDDI to Break Softbank's iPhone Exclusivity in Japan
Marketwatch reports that KDI Corp will be selling the next generation iPhone come October, likely alongside rival Softbank, who had enjoyed exclusivity up until now.In a blow for the Japanese cell phone carrier's rival, Apple and KDDI have already entered into a sales pact for the new phone, Nikkei Business said, citing sources close to the matter.KDDI will reportedly making preparations for...
Apple Diversifying Memory Suppliers Too, Moving Away from Samsung [Updated]
According to Digitimes, Apple is continuing to diversify its suppliers and moving away from its dependance on Samsung:Apple has increased its purchases of DRAM and NAND flash from Japan, according to industry sources, adding that Toshiba and Elpida Memory are being pinpointed as beneficiaries of the increased procurement.Apple and Samsung have been in increasingly escalating legal battles over...
Sprint to Cap Mobile Hotspot Data to 5GB Ahead of iPhone Launch
SprintFeed reports that Sprint will be limiting its mobile hotspot plans to 5GB of data as of October 2nd -- only days ahead of the rumored iPhone 4S/5 launch.
Bloomberg had reported that Sprint would finally be getting the next generation iPhone when it launches in October. Sprint is expected to provide unlimited data plans for the new iPhone and will be the only U.S. provider to offer such ...
Apple to Release a White iPod Touch with Minor Changes in October
Apple is expected to hold a press conference in the coming weeks to introduce its fall lineup for the iPhone and iPod touch. Most of the rumors have been focused on the next iPhone revision, and there has been very little information about the next-generation iPod touch.
MacRumors has received information indicating that the next iPod touch revision will be a very minor change, with the...
Ivy Bridge to Support Ultra High Resolution 4096x4096 Screens
Intel offers another bit of hope in our ongoing quest for ultra-high resolution retina displays. The graphics capabilities of their upcoming Ivy Bridge processors will provide support for 4096x4096 pixel displays.
VR-Zone notes that Intel revealed last week that they will be able to support 4K resolutions and process video at that resolution: Not only can the MFX engine display up to...
Thunderbolt Display Ship Times Improve to 3-5 Days
Now that early customers have started receiving their Thunderbolt Displays, Apple's availability of the product has improved from an estimated 2-3 week delivery to only 3-5 days on Apple's online store.
The Thunderbolt Display offers Apple notebook owners a combined monitor and hub through the Thunderbolt cable. The Thunderbolt display offers Firewire, USB, Ethernet, and an additional...
Apple to Reset iCloud Backups on September 22nd, Ahead of iOS 5 GM?
Apple is planning to reset all iCloud backup data on September 22nd, 2011. As noted by 9to5Mac, the announcement was posted to Apple's developer site for both iOS and Mac developers:On Thursday, September 22, the iCloud Backup data will be reset. Backing up to iCloud or restoring from an iCloud backup will be unavailable from 9 AM PDT – 5 PM PDT. If you attempt a backup or restore during...
'iPhone 4s White' in AT&T's System?
Engadget claims that an "iPhone 4s White" has been spotted in AT&T's internal system.A helpful tipster sent us this tasty morsel, from AT&T's internal system, listing the "iPhone 4s White" beneath a handful of already familiar Apple handsets. Could it be? Is Cupertino actually planning on bringing a white version of its next iPhone out at launch? We're afraid only time will tell.Apple has been...
Two New iPhone Models, iPhone 5 Design Seeing Production Delays?
9to5Mac claims that there are indeed two new iPhone models: the "low-end" iPhone 4-look alike that we've seen parts for already, and the teardrop shaped iPhone 5 (artist rendition below).
N94 (left), and iPhone 5 artist rendition (right)
But they also claim that this new iPhone 5 design is seeing design and production delays so there may be shortages into 2012: It appears that the tear-drop ...
Ivy Bridge to Offer Faster Graphics and OpenCL Support in MacBook Airs
As noted by CNet, one of the areas of focus in Intel's next generation Ivy Bridge processors is the graphics processing unit (GPU). Anandtech reports that Intel expects there to be a 60% improvement in graphics benchmarks over Sandy Bridge's integrated graphics. Sandy Bridge is the current generation Intel CPU that ships in Apple's computers.
During this week's developer's conference,...
Apple Working on Allowing the Merging of Multiple Apple IDs
MacRumors has learned that Apple is working on a process to merge multiple Apple IDs into a single login. The issue of juggling multiple Apple ID logins has been a minor inconvenience in the past, but with the early developer testing of iOS 5 and iCloud, users have found it to be a major issue.
TUAW described the problem back in July, and the answer at that time was that there was no way to...
Thunderbolt Displays Shipping to Customers
We've received multiple contacts that individuals have started receiving ship notices for their Thunderbolt Displays this morning. Scott from New Zealand offers up the above ship notice and expects delivery by tomorrow morning.
Forum readers have been organizing in this forum thread while waiting for deliveries. We'd previously reported that Apple had begun shipping demo units to stores...
iPhone 5 Screen Protectors Show Elongated Home Button Area
Unwire.hk offers the first look at a screen protector that has been designed for the iPhone 5. The screen protector shows off the elongated home button seen in the leaked design document:
A second shot shows how much bigger the screen protector is than the current generation iPhone 4:
While we've seen a number of purported iPhone 5 case designs in the past, none had shown the front of...
Apple is Building iMessage into OS X Lion's iChat
Back in June, Apple unveiled iMessage, one of the major new features of the upcoming iOS 5 update.
iMessage is a unified messaging service for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch that allows users to send text and multimedia messages over Wi-Fi and 3G with read and delivery receipts and real-time typing indication. But as far as Apple has officially said, there is no way to send iMessages to or...
Microsoft Also Preparing for Desktop/Laptop Retina Displays
During a BUILD 2011 presentation, Microsoft told Windows 8 developers to plan their artwork for High DPI (dot per inch) monitors with varying artwork sizes. In particular, they mentioned Retina-class desktop and laptop monitors. @Stroughtonsmith tweeted from the talk which is not yet online:
We'd previously reported that Apple had also been planning for ultra high resolution Retina...
Apple May Processor Bump MacBook Pros in 2011
AppleInsider claims that Apple may be bumping the processors of the MacBook Pros before the end of this year, but will make no other changes to the notebooks.According to people with proven insight into Apple's future product plans, the late-2011 MacBook Pro refresh will deliver...
