Now here’s a gadget for us hosers here in the great white north!! (Translated - for people in Canada) From the Samsung Global Roadshow currently happening in New York City comes news of a sighting of a prototype mobile phone, apparently developed in Russia, that’s being billed as ‘the hottest phone on the market‘.

Why is it being billed as the hottest phone on the market? Because it’s a handset with a built-in hand warmer, so you can still type text messages while trapped in the barrens of Siberia or waiting for a bus in downtown Winnipeg in February.

As stated, this is just a prototype sighting, so there’s no other news on pricing or availability just yet. Here’s a picture at the Tech Digest post, the folks who originally sighted it.

[via Engadget]