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OhMiBod Naughtibod

Posted 11/12/2008 at 6:01:00am | by Violet Blue

Naughtibod

At first glance, we figured the Naughtibod to be a great adult iPod accessory and a fantastic gift for audiophile sweethearts, and possibly a good first-time personal vibe for Shuffle-toting folks who might shy away from the more garden variety of the species. And it very may well be all of that, but with a few practical caveats.

The Naughtibod does exactly what it promises, which is that it's a silky plastic, petite vibe that buzzes with or without music. Run on batteries, the toy functions nicely with fast and slow speeds or a variety of pre-programmed rhythms including pulsing, throbbing, and escalating repetitions such as the "roller coaster”--slow up-and-down in vibrational intensity. Which is all fun stuff that sets the cute, tastefully designed vibe apart from most basic store-bought buzzers.

naightibod The music function requires switching end caps and attaching something that is non-ironically referred to as the Freedom Cord, prompting us to wonder if perhaps the cord was once referred to as a French Cord. With your Freedom Cord in place--including a splitter headphone jack at the base--the vibe attaches to any audio device.

We found it plays nicely with laptops, iPods of all shapes and sizes, and our old iMac and both iPhone and iPod touch. However, the true audio snob, the nervous first-timer and anyone who wants to hear the music they're playing will find that the louder you crank the music the more intensely--and loudly--the Naughtibod vibrates. Even if your iPod goes to 11, you’ll inevitably hear the tiny toy over the music.

Thinking that perhaps Nirvana might not get us to nirvana, we switched to some trip-hop, attempted to cool down with the dream-pop sounds of Mazzy Star, and then tried to find a stable beat with some old school hip-hop. No matter how we dialed it in, the vibe didn't respond to the beat reliably. It was sometimes a second behind, and the louder our iPod, the more we just got a steady, muddled buzz. At which point we were inextricably tangled in the Freedom Cord, and decided to end the experiment before someone lost circulation… or an eardrum.

Violet Blue is an author and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Visit her blog at TinyNibbles.com.

It’s cute and non-threatening for newbies, but the Naughtibod can get distractingly loud

Naughtibod
COMPANY: OhMiBod
CONTACT: www.ohmibod.com
PRICE: $69.00
REQUIREMENTS: None. Works with all MP3 players.

Compact. Batteries included. Doesn't look like a scary alien sex toy. Music is optional. Variable speeds.

Cheap lightweight plastic feel. N batteries are weird. Tethered during iPod use. Loud like a hive of angry bees.

COMMENTS: 10

TAGS: iPod

COMMENTS

you have to be kidding me
Submitted by b_dubb on Wed, 2008-11-12 05:38

why is there a review of a vibrator at a technology site? new aphorism: never handle someone elses ipod. suggested new feature for ipod/iphone: secretes anti-bacterial/anti-viral gel on command.

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Well, it is a very techy
Submitted by groovninja on Wed, 2008-11-12 09:25

Well, it is a very techy vibrator...

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What the heck?
Submitted by ibookworm on Wed, 2008-11-12 11:11

Is this the cutting edge of technology journalism, reviewing sex toys? I know several kids who check this site routinely. The review is bad enough, but the link to this author's blog is worse. Come on, MacLife, what are you thinking? If this appears in the print edition I'm canceling my subscription.

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If this is the first avenue
Submitted by Wondowaz on Wed, 2008-11-12 17:09

If this is the first avenue through which someone finds a naked picture on the internet then I give 10 stars to the "clean up the net" projects. Somehow I doubt it will be...

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This is ridiculous
Submitted by mrreet2001 on Wed, 2008-11-12 13:54

I am all for sex toys... but on an apple mag site ... nah.

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C'mon
Submitted by the_saltminer on Wed, 2008-11-12 14:21

Where's the video with the hands-on testing?

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Hands on?
Submitted by Dylstra on Wed, 2008-11-12 19:44

Hands on?

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Hoping
Submitted by Dylstra on Wed, 2008-11-12 19:56

I'm just hoping my significant other doesn't get wind of this product. Not for any other reason than it will lead me to be subjected to a million references about how my "love affair" with Apple can now be consumated.

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Interesting banter regarding my little invention
Submitted by suki_ohmibod on Thu, 2008-11-13 13:16

Hi...Suki here...founder of OhMiBod, the company responsible for the Naughtibod, the product reviewed above. While I appreciate that everyone has different opinions about whether MacLife should be reviewing our product, I find it interesting that the discussion has some moral value overtones flowing through it. It is funny to me that some people are taken aback by the coverage considering that there are Viagra commercials all over prime time television. I have two young children of my own and I am ever conscious about exposing young people to inappropriate material. I am proud of the products we have created. I have worked hard to bring the idea of female self-pleasure to a respectable level and I hope that the majority of people who read this review will understand that and respect it. Tune in & Turn on iPod lovers.

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