"Who wants a stylus?" answered Apple's late CEO Steve Jobs when introducing the original iPhone in 2007. And in 2010, Jobs also disparaged tablets that came with styluses: "If you see a stylus, they blew it." These have become a debate among tech bloggers since companies like Samsung that ship tablets with styluses while Apple refuses one.
However, on March 20th, 2014, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revealed that Apple had been granted a patent for what looks a whole lot like a stylus for the iPad. The patent refers to it as an "input device having extendable nib."
For Apple, introducing a stylus is seen to be the ultimate tech turnarounds for the company. Apple and its acolytes have mocked the stylus for years. “Who wants a stylus?” Steve Jobs famously asked when introducing the original iPhone in 2007.
