The New Comfortstylus
Touch gaming's hottest stylus just got a bit hotter.
by Mark Bozon

"October 16, 2006 - For any hardcore DS gamer there's one specific facet of touch gaming that simply needs to be dead on. When dealing with competitive gaming, a good stylus is as important as a solid d-pad or perfectly tuned analog stick, and though the DS Lite stylus is a fine first attempt, gamers are finding alternate options in the form of third-party accessories.

A few of the hotter styli out there are making a huge splash on gaming message boards, as well as in our IGN offices. Our resident DS man "Cranky" Craig Harris, for example, stands behind his classic PDA Panache DS Lite Pro stylus; a beautiful metal styli that's sturdy enough for gargantuan man hands, but still small enough to fit in the DS Lite. For Bozon's money, it's the Comfort Stylus, a bendable pointer that's perfect for wrapping around your finger or thumb, great for DS first-person shooters or for switching quickly between a d-pad/button game over to quick menu interface. Regardless of what you choose, there's a ton of options out there, and the list just got a bit bigger.

Prime Global Enterprises, maker of the Comfort Stylus, has announced today that a new version of the stylus is available for gamers. While the design hasn't been completely overhauled, the Comfort Stylus is now available in blue, white, light pink, and of course classic red. In addition, the stylus has been lengthened by a quarter of an inch in size, and is now built with the tip if the pointer overlapping the rubber coating, which was one of our initial issues with the design. While we haven't gone hands-on with the new stylus yet, the design seems to have fixed the initial problems with the tip, making it more durable overall.

You can check out the official web page for the Comfort Stylus here, which now includes the new product and shipping information. Here's hoping for a DS Lite-specific Comfort Stylus in the near future. "