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MacRumors Confirms That Upcoming iPad 3 Will Have A 2048×1536 Retina Display

Amit Chowdhry — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:19:55 +0000

In the past couple of months, there has been speculation about what type of display the iPad 3 will have. MacRumors has confirmed that they have been able to obtain an iPad 3 display and examine it under a microscope to determine whether it has an ultra-high resolution Retina display.

The iPad 3 display is supposed to have the same size as the iPad 1 and iPad 2 display at 9.7″ diagonal. When comparing the iPad 2 and the iPad 3 display under a microscope, the difference in resolutions are apparent. The iPad 3 display pixels are one-quarter the size of the iPad 2.

Apple is expected to announce the iPad 3 at a media event on March 7th. The iPad 3 is also expected to have an A6 system-on-a-chip and LTE support.

MacRumors.com Turns 10 Years Old, Congrats To Arnold Kim

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:04:16 +0000

Arnold Kim launched an independent blog on February 24, 2000 called MacRumors.com. Kim launched it in his fourth year of medical school. Eventually Kim quit his job as a doctor to focus on his blog full-time. Today MacRumors receives 7 million unique visitors per month and receives some of the highest traffic out of all the Apple Inc. centered blogs. MacRumors aggregates rumors from around the web and from message boards regarding upcoming Apple products and services.

When Apple accidentally published details about a Power Mac G5 five years ago, Kim quickly grabbed that information and published it. Apple’s legal team had to contact Kim to remove the information, but the news had already gotten around and MacRumors’ traffic has been steadily increasing ever since. MacRumors is now 10 years old and we congratulate Kim on all of his success. [Wired]

MacRumors Founder, Arnold Kim M.D. Going Into Full-Time Blogging

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:37 +0000

Blogs are becoming an lucrative business. paidContent sold for close to $30 million, Ars Technica sold for about $15-$20 million, and AlleyInsider raised funding recently. The New York Times recently covered the story of Arnold Kim M.D., the founder of MacRumors.com.

Over the last 8 years, Arnold Kim wrote rumors about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) on his blog. While he was writing on the blog, he was also earning his medical degree. Over the last several years, Kim was training on how to diagnose patients with kidney problems. Kim’s blog now receives about 4.4 million uniques and 40 million pageviews per month. Kim is now going full-time into blogging.

“In some ways I’ve neglected the site for so long,” Kim told the NYT in a phone interview. “Now that I actually have a chance to work on it full time, there’s a good chance it can grow more.” Blogging just went from a hobby to a full-time professional career.

Even though stepping away from medicine was a tough decision for Kim, he said that MacRumors generates a 6-figure income for himself. Another reason why Kim decided to work from home is because he has a 14 month old daughter named Penelope.

Kim also runs a website called Touch Arcade. This blog tracks new games that are released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Congratulations to Mr. Kim and his daughter. Hearing about other bloggers succeed keeps us running.