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Datamore Porté HDD Enclosure Features A Gimmicky But Cool Design
OhGizmo! —
... for sale in Korea. Besides a curvy and not-so-distant-future design, the Porté also features a hinged door that makes accessing or installing a hard drive particularly easy. Sure it’s gimmicky, but I’m also sure it will sell plenty of units. The Datamore Porté comes with USB and eSATA connections depending on which version you buy, and while I have no idea how much it costs, it doesn’t matter because it apparently can’t be sold outside of Korea.
[ Akihabara News - Datamore Porté, Definitvely not your averga HDD enclosure ]
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Datamore Porté Adds Lambo Doors to Your Hard Drive [Peripherals]
Gizmodo —
... Unfortunately, the Datamore Porté is a Korea-only product that's priceless at the moment. But it's best our hard drive enclosures don't have such interesting moving parts because we'd compulsively yank the drive at the wrong time and kill all of our data within a week. [akihabara news] ...
The Delorean wing of the Datamore Porte HDD enclosure
Boing Boing Gadgets —
There are not many taut boners to be had when perusing external hard drive enclosures, but LaCie's latest at least makes a stab at something you'd actually cast your eyes upon fondly as it sat upon your desk. The Datamore Porté enclosure features a DeLorean-like wing door for the easy installation of any hard drive inside, and comes with either USB or eSATA, depending on what your bag is.
Datamore Porte [Akihabara News]
Datamore Porté HDD gives your data funk and flair
Engadget —
... The handsome devil pictured above is the Porté, available in Korea from Datamore. This sleek, stylish HDD enclosure is sure to make you the envy of your neighbors and a hero to your family -- not only because it allows you to increase your storage options ...
Datamore Porté, Alien Technology for Your HDD
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... . But not anymore. Enter the Datamore Porté in Korea. Choose between USB only or both USB and eSATA, you can add this to your list of alien relics when it comes out. No news on Stateside availability but if you’re like everyone and visiting Korea this year you might have an encounter with this alien technology. [Akihabara News] ...
Datamore Porte Hard Disk Enclosure
Gadget Venue —
... other is both usb and eSATA.
There isn’t much info on the HDD enclosures at the moment, but from what we see in the pictures they both need external power at 12V and appear to have vents to allow for cooling of the drives should they heat up a little too much.
It is also not known yet if the HDD enclosures will make it around this side of the world… so if you like then plan a trip out to Korea to pick one up
Via: TechFresh and Akihabaranews ...
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