Emberjs div does not fire click event action

I'm pretty new to Ember but this one seems very strange.

I've got a div on a template looking like so:

<div {{action "selectItem" item target="controllers.items"}}> Hello there! </div>

On my controller I have a simple action callback:

WebComponent.ItemController  = Ember.ArrayController.extend(Ember.Evented, {
needs: ["settings"],

actions: {
    selectItem: function (item) {
        //This here won't fire unless I attach it to a <button> not a <div>
    },

    refreshList: function () {
        //blah
    },
    ...
    }
},

... } ...

In full disclosure, I am working inside Phonegap with the emulator. Any ideas or even directions where to take this investigation?