Sarotech's Wizplatz W-31 looks like a book, isn't

If you felt like your Western Digital My Book hard drive went too far -- or didn't go too far enough -- in looking like an actual tome, Sarotech is here to turn it up a notch. When you absolutely, positively must have a drive that looks like a fake book, you can do no better than the Wizplat W-31 (yes, really). The SATA-drive-sporting, USB 2.0 device features an internal power supply, ample vents for keeping your drive cool, and a slick, sexy exterior that says, "Hey, I'm a book." All this luxury can be yours for the low, price of ₩121,000 (about $120) for a 320GB version, up to ₩315,000 ($312) for the 1TB model. Too bad this only appears to be available in Korea right now.

[Via Everything USB]

[Darkroom @ May 13th 2008 2:07PM]

cute

[Byzil Mystwing @ May 13th 2008 2:09PM]

"Hey, I'm a book!"

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 13th 2008 3:44PM]

no your not

[Reader @ May 13th 2008 6:06PM]

How do you know? This is the internet after all.

[MeatyPi @ May 13th 2008 2:09PM]

The journalistic capabilities of some of these Engadget writers are just plain astounding "looks like a book, isn't" I mean it's not like the average 2nd grader could write something so profound and attention-getting.

[NHAnimator @ May 13th 2008 2:15PM]

Meaty Pi should be two words.

Pi should be spelled with an 'e' at the end of it if you are going to use a picture of a little pie.

Whether it be strawberry, raspberry, cherry, rhubarb, or whatever your fruit of choice, it doesn't appear that the pie is very 'meaty'. Bloody, maybe.

[MeatyPi @ May 13th 2008 2:23PM]

I never claimed to be a writer or a journalist so my choice of words is less important, and by the way, a pie can be meaty, if it has meat in it. Ever heard of a meat pie? Also Pi is a play on words because it can refer to the greek letter or the transcendental number, or hell even the pastry itself!

[j_g_puff @ May 13th 2008 2:35PM]

I thought it was a great headline.

[The Pepto Pimp @ May 13th 2008 3:01PM]

Wait, you mean Pi instead of Pie for double meaning? With mean in front of it for triple (or is it quadruple?) meaning?

Whoah. Where's your blog Mr Clever-Writer-Would-Be-Pye?

[Queef @ May 13th 2008 3:50PM]

@Pepto Pimp

FAIL, your post was unintelligible and wasn't remotely funny.

[Bender123 @ May 13th 2008 2:13PM]

Your 2.5 cent titanium tax goes too far!
Your 2.5 cent titanium tax does not go too far enough!

Thanks John Jackson or Jack Johnson!

[paulm @ May 14th 2008 12:10AM]

I was hoping i wasn't the only one that got this totally obscure futurama reference. i love the engadget writers.

[Taylor @ May 13th 2008 2:14PM]

I think the LEDs kinda spoil the book look...
-Taylor

[w00t @ May 13th 2008 2:33PM]

So will the USB cable and power brick, so we might as well know if it's on or reading from the disk :)

[polvadis @ May 13th 2008 2:42PM]

It has a built in power supply, so probably just two cables giving away it away, no power brick.

[Rick @ May 13th 2008 2:27PM]

You send them to school, you buy them books and what do they do?

They eat the covers of the books.

[Esat Dedezade @ May 13th 2008 2:34PM]

I wonder what the read speed is.

[Epignosis @ May 13th 2008 9:10PM]

One of the greatest.

[EricR @ May 13th 2008 2:40PM]

I may have to make myself something like that -- since I can't afford importing one.

[gabe @ May 13th 2008 3:16PM]

wow a book i'll actually use

[DQKennard @ May 13th 2008 3:39PM]

A while back, some pics made the rounds of the blogs about how someone turned a Moleskine journal into an enclosure for a portable hard drive (a search on moleskine hard drive gets plenty of links). Other books could be used of course, if you don't want to use a hideously overpriced "status" notebook, but you'd be less cool, of course. Is there a "Backup for Dummies" book?

[Tggin @ May 13th 2008 3:49PM]

"didn't go too far enough"

Lets make it look like a book for 'NOOO RAISIN!'

[Bill @ May 13th 2008 4:26PM]

Need something that looks like a real book, can take a 2.5" SATA drive, and has Wi-Fi built-in.

E.g. a semi-hidden backup/NAS device.

[Mike @ May 13th 2008 4:34PM]

I could see that being done pretty easily (depending on the size of the book), with a gumstix board. The only trouble would be hiding the power adapters.If you can wire power into your bookshelf you're golden.

[variant2 @ May 13th 2008 5:10PM]

...and manual that comes with this thing is in that shape of a hard drive.

[giuliop @ May 13th 2008 5:54PM]

It would be really nice if you could stack them up and they would automagically become some kind of redundant array.

[BigD145 @ May 13th 2008 7:40PM]

My nearest bookcase is in another room. I don't see how this helps me get my data.

[WiLDcAt @ May 13th 2008 9:19PM]

HA I have a sarotech external, but it looks like a plastic brick. My uncle sent it to be from Korea. I would call them as good as WD, because they have WD drives in them :P, that don't feature all that crap WD puts on their Externals drives.

[Kwai Noi @ May 13th 2008 9:32PM]

Can I down load it from Amazon onto my Kindle?

[RJM @ May 13th 2008 10:39PM]

About the only purpose I can think of for a hard drive that looks like a book it to disguise it so no-one will steal your data. So, broadcasting this product to the world via Engadget sort of defeats that purpose, no?

[paulm @ May 14th 2008 12:12AM]

Now that's funny!

[jordan @ May 14th 2008 12:48AM]

does this give new meaning to mounting a "volume"?
I think it does.

[SweetSauce @ May 14th 2008 11:28AM]

...only if by mounting, you mean...

Oh, nevermind.

[granny down east @ May 14th 2008 12:43PM]

So, is the book in Korean or English?

...sorry, I had to.