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Here’s the latest in wacky tech news:

You ready for a wristwatch cell phone yet?

San Diego-based Kempler & Strauss this morning rolled out an incredible $199 wristwatch cell phone called the W PhoneWatch. The gadget sports a calendar, address book, a calculator, stopwatch, a vibration mode for silent alarms, a no-stylus touch screen, microSD slot and the ability to both take and play pictures and videos.

The watch features an LCD micro-touch touchscreen with a resolution of 128 x 128 and 260,000 colors. It weighs only 2.5 ounces and is the smallest phone watch you can buy, according to the company.

The watch takes pictures at VGA resolution (640 x 480). The video camera feature captures MPEG 4 (AVI) format at 128 x 104. The watch will play MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV and AMR files.

What do you think? Would you prefer your cell phone attached to your wrist like a watch? I think the touchscreen capabilities are rather cool… you can switch the “faces” to look like graphic buttons, or go for the more “traditional” clock-style watch face.

According to the article, the W PhoneWatch will work with nearly every phone carrier network, and is rechargeable using the USB connection or a battery charger. You can do everything you normally would with your cell: get the time, make and receive calls, play music, snap photos, etc. Would you consider getting one?