RECAP OF THE WEEK

News that marked the week: upcoming smartphones Alcatel OneTouch, SwiftKey, Android Wear ...
If the rumors surrounding the Galaxy S7 and other LG G5 are always appreciated, two weeks before the Mobile World Congress, others were able to talk about them this week. Alcatel OneTouch particular, provides for major launches, when Android Wear will offer some notable improvements. Here are some of the events that marked the week.

1- Alcatel OneTouch, the leaks that make you want

As every year, Alcatel OneTouch will be present at Mobile World Congress. However, this year more than others, the Chinese brand owned by TCL manages to create envy. After a very successful Idol 3, Alcatel could well spring a surprise with not one, but two Idol 4 from taking following the "reversible" smartphone. High-end features would be to wait, while a wave of Pop 4 should also be presented. What keep us busy for a living room in which the program is to already looks loaded.

2- The speakers finally serve something with Android Wear

Earlier this week, the arrival of Marshmallow on Android Wear loomed through the appearance of a Google Messenger application adapted. It is perhaps no news, but some innovations have nevertheless emerged a few days later. Among them, we note that it is now possible to use the speakers of certain compatible watches (the Watch Huawei and Asus ZenWatch 2 in particular). We can start thinking about the calls from a watch, without going through a telephone.

3- After Qualcomm, it heats to MediaTek

Last year, Qualcomm soap we had largely occupied, its Snapdragon chip 810 having suffered notorious heating problems. This year, the rival of the American, MediaTek party seems to follow in his footsteps. It would appear that its X20 chips Helio, for now shunned by manufacturers of smartphones, suffers from the same kind of concerns. The chip designer has obviously denied the report, but doubt remains. Especially as it makes clear that in case of heaters, and the word is important, the SoC no longer operate as eight cores of ten. We look forward to test all this in real conditions.

4- Microsoft provides the means to develop the next key

It is the feeling that one has when one sees that Redmond has spent - it is said - of $ 250 million to acquire a "simple" keyboard available for over 5 years on Android, iOS and more recently. Microsoft, very active ray applications, has announced the acquisition of SwiftKey keyboard, and intends to draw on its resources to develop its own keyboard, Word Flow. rapid advances can only wait in its work.

5- Honor shakes (some) the entry level

We were waiting for the end of last year, the Honor 5X is official in Europe. The successor to the 4X, which clearly eyeing to Honor 7 offers characteristic midrange (Snapdragon 616, 2GB of RAM, full HD 5.5 inch) in a charged device under 200 euros thanks to the numerous promotions already proposed. As a bonus, a fingerprint reader is included with the device. Our test will come very soon!

6- Nintendo expects many changes for 2016

Pending the arrival of Miitomo, the first Android application to Nintendo - not really a game, for that matter - Kyoto the firm continues to talk about her. It has also revise many of his previous positions, since instead of marketing a sleep tracker, though long planned, it reflects much to engage in the world of virtual reality, she refused ago . In short, 2016 should indeed be one of change for consolier.