We have to consider context as well.<p>The original stylus comment was for a 3.5&quot; pocket phone.  Previously, things like Palm Treo or Windows Mobile devices <i>required</i> a stylus to touch the resistive sensing screen.  That is the baseline.<p>Anybody taking the quotes out of historical context is just trying to incite an argument and pretend they are better than Tim Cook.  Nobody is better than Tim Cook.