LAS VEGAS, Jan 7: An executive of an electronics firm paused mid-sentence, raised a hand and spoke to his wrist.

Paik Woo-hyun was taking a call on a slim black “smart phone” watch that is among the innovations the South Korean company is touting on the eve of a premier Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

“This is really something you’d expect to see James Bond wearing in a 007 movie,” the executive said on Wednesday after taking a wristwatch mobile phone call during a press conference. “It’s the world’s smallest watch phone.”

The phone links to high-speed 3G networks and can be used for email and other online activities. It also serves as an MP3 player for digital music.

Oh, and it tells the time. The company said the mobile phone watches would be in production during the later part of this year. The devices have 3.63-centimetre screens and are 13.9 millimetres thick.—AFP