Samsung electronics posted record quarterly profits of $5.15 billion driven mainly by its Galaxy Note phone+ tablet, when rivals criticized for its unstylish and obsolete stylus S and a mammoth screen size of 5.3 inch screen which was unheard of for a phone and which definitely needs a large palms to fit in.When you think of the humble stylus, you may think of the Palm or Newton, innovative devices for their era, but the mid-’90s were centuries ago in tech years. The iPhone ushered in the Age of multi-touch, an era in which the stylus seems unnecessary and archaic.
Steve Jobs famously dismissed the stylus as a dead-end for tablet evolution, and Apple has been going in a different direction ever since. Even to the point of ignoring a significant demand from their customer base, and letting third-party developers (Apple’s classic blind spot) pick up the slack.[http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2012/03/does–the–stylus–still–blow–it–on–the–new–ipad.ars]
