I agree that the stylus needs to come back. There are just too many tasks that could be better implemented on a tablet with a stylus to ignore it. It should also be noted that Apple flip flops all the time. If they want the iPad to truly be the defacto tablet for the next decade, incorporating stylus input is going to be important. I have the More/Real stylus (
http://more-real.com) and it works really well, but it's still technically a hack for your finger.