Hotline is an adult novelty, aka repackaged children's toy that didn't sell well and/or offended the public. Here's how the magic happens:

Hotline ["calls"] direct to your favourite 1900 number!!! Press to listen to one of the lovely ladies. Speak to Sunshine, Bambi and they will get you hot! 2 x AA Battery Included

While I'm sure that Sunshine and Bambi are quite charming, nothing kills the mood set by low bitrate dirty talk like knowing you've gotta hunt down some AAs. Am I right? $19. [Aussie Gadgets via Nerd Approved]

Note: I know that many won't consider dolls having sex NSFW—I don't—but in case you are a prude version of Bender, be aware that this contains explicit material.

The movie seems weird, sexy yet disturbing. For sure, it's beautifully made by Michael Sullivan, using stop-motion animation and digital photography. If you are in New York, you can go and see the dolls used in the production, as well as clips from the film at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan. [Underwire]

You may think you have a powerful erection, but how do you know? The Erectile Quality Monitor is here to help.

Here are the instructions.

Once you obtain an erection via your stimuli of choice, simply place the head of the penis against the pressure sensor of the device and apply pressure towards the body for a count of 5 seconds or until the penis inflects (bends). At this point a reading will flash on one of the LED indicator lights, reflecting the quality of that erection. Use this same method each time you test to help ensure accurate results.

Basically, hold it up to your dong in order to see how strong it is. A stronger donger would mean that it bends less, a weak one means it bends more. If you have a problem, you'll be aware of it and take steps to treat it. Knowledge is power, my friends, and this thing is power.

Stay tuned for a hands on. [Fast Size]

Since the launch of Gogo, American has not experienced any reported incidents of customers viewing inappropriate content via the Gogo service. However, we believe this is an appropriate measure to take.

If they have had no incidents—as expected, just as you don't hear of many people watching porn in their portable DVD players in a plane—, why give up? What happened to their technical arguments? Is the filtering going to limit web access to legitimate services or not? Most probably, American Airlines will avoid answering those questions.

But besides that, are they going to regulate people looking at porn on their own devices too? What about reading Playboy? Are they going to ban Playboy from flights? And are they going to filter Gizmodo because we post NSFW topless girls covered in oil playing Wii Sports once in a while?

Of course, logical questions like these will probably find no answers from American Airlines either. Religious groups like Focus on the Family, on the other side, would probably love to answer them with axes, pitchforks, and torches.

Another sad day in the history of a country that has defended personal freedom and responsibility as a core value since its very beginning. [Sky talk]

One, Vudu's AVN channel will offer high-def porn—FyreTV is only DVD-quality, at best. (Merits of HD vs. SD porn aside, at least Vudu can deliver either HD if you want it.) Second, a Vudu box is way more discreet (though its remote does kind of look like a sex toy). And besides, if you already have Vudu, it's one less box you have to deal with. [CE Pro - Thanks Julie!]

(WARNING: Before you click on the video, be warned. After a long time of warnings, this video review will inevitably show nudity and oral sex.)

iSteamy's installation is very easy. You only have to point Installer.app to their source repository (at http://repo.codegenocide.com). After refreshing your sources in Installer, you will see the option appear in the menu under the Adult category, like the video review shows.

The application itself is very simple. It's well structured into four sections, Pictures, Video, Audio and Steamy Room, which is like your pornoteque and uses your internal memory to store your favorites for later use. You will have to register to have access to save to your the Steamy Room.

It uses the same conventions and software components as the iPhone. The scrolling, video and zooming work exactly the same (although the latter is buggy at this point). It even has a five-star rating system, like iPod songs.

Is iSteamy worth the price of admission? It's a good first effort and, if you and your hand maintain a close, intimate relationship, it's probably worth it. For the rest of pervs out there, the free mode is fun enough to guarantee a try. [iSteamy]

(WARNING: Before you click on the video, be warned. After a long time of warnings, this video review will inevitably show nudity and oral sex.)

Of course, the adult industry could find another Blu-ray disc manufacturer to step up and make their discs, but they seem to be going the HD DVD route instead. However, HD DVD's not running out into the streets yelling, "Look at us! If you want next-gen porn, come here!" – Jason Chen

Sony says no to porn on Blu-ray Disc [Computerworld via Crunchgear]

You ask and we provide. Today we talked to Kathee Brewer, former technology editor for the Adult Video News about the adult industry and the format wars. Read on for her take on this sticky situation.

Gizmodo: Ok. Well, tell us about your beat at AVN.
Gizmodo: And do you guys have all kinds of sexy parties?

Kathee: I was the technology editor for many years (about 5), and now I'm "editor at large"
Kathee: sexy parties? I wish! lol
Kathee: it's very dull around the offices, actually
Kathee: except for the occasional porn babe parading through on her way to an interview

Gizmodo: Well, they're saying that where the adult industry goes, the tech industry follows. So let's discuss next gen DVDs.
Gizmodo: Have you gotten a chance to see them both?

Kathee: I have seen HD-DVD product
Kathee: Blu-ray is a bit trickier for the adult industry, because Sony is proprietary about it
Kathee: there are a couple of products emerging that allow HD-DVD authoring, though

Gizmodo: Huh
Gizmodo: so you're saying that Sony is going to shoot itself in the foot by being closed? Is that accurate?
Gizmodo: Or is it a "wait and see" sort of thing?

Kathee: apparently so
Kathee: on the shooting in the foot thing

Gizmodo: Poor sony.

Kathee: pretty much
Kathee: one company, Hi-Deff XXX, has been beta-testing authoring programs

Gizmodo: See, I was under the impression that Blu-ray had great studio and tech company backing.

Kathee: and has released content in that format, I think
Kathee: it does, in the mainstream!

Gizmodo: hrm
Gizmodo: so would you say that the adult industry is as important as it used to be in this matter?

Kathee: but apparently the companies that are going to be able to duplicate product on Blu-ray discs are going to be so busy working with mainstream companies that they won't have a lot of time left to squeeze adult products onto their lines
Kathee: if the adult industry can figure out a way to make an end-run, it will — so I do think it's still important to the adoption of the technology

Kathee: most studios seem to be taking a "whichever way the ball falls is the direction we'll go" approach

Gizmodo: so which comes first, the HD content chicken or the adult egg?

Kathee: the ones I've talked to all say they've been shooting in HD for quite some time now, so it's just a matter of encoding the content for one format or the other (or both) and having it duplicated

Gizmodo: will they wait to see who makes out the best before releasing content?
Gizmodo: or do they intend to release in both camps?

Kathee: some will release in both camps, at least until one or the other comes out on top
Kathee: and some also are looking at a third minor entrant in the space, too

Gizmodo: ???
Gizmodo: which one?
Gizmodo: on-line distribution?

Kathee: just a sec — I need to look up the name of the company
Kathee: New Medium Enterprises' Versatile Multilayer Disc
Kathee: it sort of snuck onto the scene at CeBit in March

Gizmodo: i remember that, i think.
Gizmodo: not quite DVD

Kathee: not quite

Gizmodo: so in your expert opinion, what do you think will happen?

Kathee: but one of the things about the adult industry is that if something looks like it might catch some attention, the industry will take it seriously and investigate it

Gizmodo: so they can simply move faster than everyone else
Gizmodo: if blu-ray takes off, they'll follow it.
Gizmodo: if hd-dvd takes off, they'll follow that.

Kathee: "they" being the adult industry, yes

Gizmodo: yes

Kathee: exactly

Gizmodo: how will that effect the market, do you suspect?

Kathee: and you'll probably see at least some content coming out in both formats, at least for a while
Kathee: adult is an early adopter of any new technology, because it can be

Gizmodo: have you seen any special - errrr - features?

Kathee: the industry has the money to invest in new technologies and try them out — "prove" them, if you will

Gizmodo: coming out with HD?

Kathee: adult studios are exceptionally fond of producing "DVD extras"
Kathee: and most have stockpiles of that kind of thing just lying around

Gizmodo: but these extras better be amazing, because then they might as well be just turning out DVDs

Kathee: it hasn't been used in the past because there wasn't room for it on standard DVDs, so it's "new" content as far as consumers are concerned

Gizmodo: i think our readership - I'm a mormon, so I've never seen pornography - might like to see that angle feature they were planning for DVDs.

Kathee: interviews with stars, outtakes, deleted scenes
Kathee: you're a Mormon, and you're writing about porn?

Gizmodo: well, i'm considering mormonism.

Kathee: lol

Gizmodo: i hear they have wonderful benefits.

Kathee: love those garments

Gizmodo: anyway, any advice to the budding porn purchasers?
Gizmodo: should they get a Blu-ray or HD-DVD player right now?
Gizmodo: or wait until things shake out?

Kathee: I can tell you I'm waiting until things shake out a bit
Kathee: like every new technology, the first models will be incredibly expensive
Kathee: and that probably is going to determine, to a large extent, which format takes off in the public
Kathee: or with the public
Kathee: although it's not a plane, so....

Gizmodo: plane?

Kathee: taking off with the public sounds like it's going to contain them

Gizmodo: oh
Gizmodo: oh!
Gizmodo: like on lost

Kathee: sorry — it's early and I haven't had enough coffee yet

Gizmodo: and half of the island will have blu-ray
Gizmodo: and half will have HD-DVD
Gizmodo: and then they'll start killing each other as offerings to the DVD gods
Gizmodo: but what's in the hatch!

Kathee: uh.... the real mccoy?

Gizmodo: the proverbial money shot.

Kathee: the money shot to end all money shots

Gizmodo: ok. thanks so much. we'll keep our eyes peeled.

Kathee: always glad to be of very little help

– John Biggs

Vivid Entertainment will now sell its movies online through the CinemaNow service, allowing viewers to watch the films on the computer and then burn them to DVDs that will play on any device.

The flicks aren't without their own copy protection. Burned DVDs will not use CSS, but another protection that will prevent them from being copied one more time.

By the way, don't try google image searching for Vivid if you're at work, unless you actually work at Vivid.

Porn Maker Allows Downloads for TV Viewing [AP]