That is a direct quote from Jobs. "If you see a stylus, they blew it." You can say that Jobs' aversion to styluses was a little stronger than it should have been due to the devices he'd seen with styluses, but his stated opinion was not this moderate "Styluses shouldn't be mandatory" stance people are trying to ascribe to him here.

Context matters, especially in technology, where the entire industry is in constant upheaval.

Really?

It's pretty clear he meant "when you see a device can only operate with a stylus, it's a bad product."

But it doesn't have a stylus. You can get one if you want (for the low, low price of $99) but you don't need it.