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The post Samsung Galaxy Watch review appeared first on BardTech . The industry is forever chasing the Apple Watch. After all, the smartwatch has been a rare bright spot in a plateauing wearables category. Even Fitbit recently found itself heading in that direction, finding a fair bit of success with the Versa. Samsung’s approach, on the other hand, has always been very, well, Samsung. The company’s watches are big, hulking things, covering chrome with a kind of Swiss Army knife approach customary of its various other products. Announced alongside the Note 9, the Galaxy Watch wasn’t the departure many expected. While the name implied a potential shift toward Android Wear, the company is intent on sticking with Tizen. And why not? Samsung’s spent a lot of time making Tizen its own — multiple generations have been devoted to tweaking the operating system to its specifications. It’s the result of a pretty clear cost-benefit analysis. The biggest drawback of not embracing Wear OS is t...

The post Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) Kernel Source code now available appeared first on BardTech . The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was released to the public more than two weeks ago. The phone has some subtle improvements over its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 . The Galaxy Note 9 has a slightly better screen, slightly better camera, and slightly better battery. To put it in short, it’s a slightly better phone. The most notable change is the inclusion of a Bluetooth-enabled S Pen. In typical Samsung Galaxy Note fashion, it’s packed full of extra sensors and features you won’t find on any other smartphone. But for those of you who love Samsung Galaxy Note phones for their build quality and specifications but not necessarily its software, you may be interested in installing a custom ROM on the smartphone. For that to happen, you need two things: an unlockable bootloader and the kernel source code to make custom recoveries and kernels possible. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 ha...

The post Samsung Galaxy J2 Core Android Go smartphone launched in India and Malaysia appeared first on BardTech . Android Go is a low-configuration variant of Android designed to take up less resources and run on low-end hardware. It was unveiled by Google back at I/0 2017, and the first Android Oreo (Go edition) phones went on sale in April. Previously, we reviewed the Blackview A20 , which was one of the first Android Go phones. We also took an in-depth look at the Android Go software ecosystem . In terms of devices, Android Go phones have been released by the likes of HMD Global ( Nokia 1 ), Micromax , Intex , and other local smartphone vendors. Recently, Google also announced Android Pie (Go edition) , which would be rolling out in new smartphones starting this fall. We know Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone vendor, was developing its own Android Go phone , and photos of the phone had leaked a month ago. Now, the company has officially launched the Android Go-pow...

The post Samsung Galaxy A8 Star launched on Amazon India with Snapdragon 660 and 6.3″ display for ₹34,990 appeared first on BardTech . Despite facing heavy competition, Samsung isn’t planning to give up its leadership of the Indian smartphone market. The company is still one of the two market leaders—along with Xiaomi—and in the premium smartphone market, its long reign at the top was only broken in Q2 2018 by OnePlus for the first time ever in India. Samsung has stated that it plans to revamp its mid-range phones with more “premium features,” and the new mid-range phones will launch in Q4 (October-December). Last week, a report stated that the company was due to launch another Galaxy A series smartphone in India this month . Now, Samsung has launched the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star in India, an upper mid-range phone that is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC. The Galaxy A8 Star was originally launched in China as the Galaxy A9 Star. The global model is branded as the Galaxy ...