Samsung has just announced the Galaxy Gear, a trendy watch apparently with a 320 x 320-pixel, 1.63-inch AMOLED touchscreen,a built in speaker in the watch strap including and a pair of mics for recording and playing back video content and communicating with a caller via the built-in dialler, which also works with the native phone app in your connected Galaxy device.

The Gear includes an 800MHz processor, a 315mAh battery, a BSI camera sensor and autofocus lens mounted in the wrist strap that’s tasked with capturing 1.9-megapixel stills and 10-second video clips at 720p, 640 x 640 or VGA resolution with sound. That camera, designed for on-the-go captures where convenience, not image quality, is a priority, is paired with a pre-installed app called Memographer. Other apps for the Galaxy Gear are set to be made available around and just after launch.

My favourite strap line from the presentation was “Just point your wrist, and shoot”. Sounds like the Secret Service or something out of James Bond.

Now the watch has a 25 hour battery and costs nearly £200. For both those reasons its off my wish list.

And who wears a watch nowadays. If you want to know the time you check your mobile!