While Nokia essentially discontinued their pioneering internet tablet lineup some 2 ½ years ago, a tablet/pad by a certain fruit company has helped spur astonishing level of interest in various types of portable ARM-based internet and media devices.

At Computex, Freescale are demoing their latest enhanced Cortex-A8 ARM processor (i.MX53 Processor Family) with a large number of different devices.

See for yourself: Freescale Launching New i.MX53 Processor Family, Shows Off Tablets, MIDs, eReaders

Personally, besides being in the market for a "modern" compact 4"-6" internet tablet or "phone companion device", I'm also in love with the smartbook (i.e. ARM-based netbook) they featured (video clip included)!

Thin, light, compact, with undoubtably long battery life, Debian-based OS (Ubuntu), nice keyboard and a standard 1024x600 display... now if only it came with a matte screen (glossies are useless anywhere near bright light sources, incl. the great outdoors) and the instant 1-second boot by Ubiquitous also featured in that story.