UMAzone UMA-ISO drive enclosure takes the sting out of mounting disk images

Hey, man — aren’t you sick of all the pain and expense of mounting disc images from the desktop? OK, we weren’t either — until we saw this: UMAzone’s UMA-ISO is a drive enclosure (supply your own 2.5-inch HDD) that features a small display and jog wheel for scrolling through CD / DVD image files. Simply select the file of your choice and plug it into your machine via USB or eSATA and the disk will be mounted, the same as if you’d inserted an optical disc. It’s that simple! There is also a mode for mounting as a standard external hard drive. Be forewarned, however: this guy is only compatible with a few flavors of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7), and it’s only available in Japan — for the princely sum of ¥9,980 yen (about $111).