LG Electronics chief technology officer 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," Paik said on Wednesday after taking a wristwatch mobile phone call during a CES 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.

Paik says the mobile phone watches will be in production the later part of this year. The devices have 3.63-centimetre (1.43-inch) screens and are 13.9 millimetres thick.

AFP