Where to Buy the iPhone 5 in the Grafton Area

Much anticipated Apple product is coming Sept. 21.

The next generation iPhone is coming out later this month, Apple announced Wednesday, and there are a number of places in the area to buy it.  The Apple website points customers to the Apple Store in Natick as well as some Apple resellers closer to Grafton, including AT&T, Best Buy, Target and Verizon in Millbury; Walmart and AT&T in Northborough; Verizon and Radioshack in Westborough; Sprint, Verizon and Macs at Work in Shrewsbury; and Radioshack in Worcester. Click on this link to search for a full list.  The smartphone officially goes on sale Sept. 21 at 8 a.m., but all stores may not stock the iPhone 5 immediately.  The new iPhone is thinner and lighter than the last two generations, but it is taller to accommodate a bigger screen. …

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Tech Talk with Roger Graham

The Need for Speed Keeps Technology Moving

How does 26 terabits per second sound?

Happy June! Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is a big developer conference from June 6-10 this year and will preview the future of iOS and Mac OSX. With ten years of retail service, Apple has changed how companies do business. It began with a full size mockup that was built in a warehouse. Gateway retail stores faced problems in the early 2000's with poor customer service and out-of-the-way locations. It was a financial failure from the start since many other retailers sold Gateway TV's and other gadgets that competed with their own stores. The first Gateway store opened in 1996 and at the peak they had over 300 stores. With a physical storefront, Gateway had to apply sales tax to its online store. Gateway lasted for eight …

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