VIA Technology’s Tim Brown stumbled across a crazy tech demo at Computex this week. III basically took apart an HP Mini 1000, gutted the display, and stuck a removable tablet-style computer in there. The removable UMPC has an ARM processor and runs Google Android. But here’s the kicker. When it’s plugged into the base, it functions as a display for the netbook which has an x86 processor and runs Windows XP.

For some reason III chucked the Intel Atom processor that you normally find in an HP Mini 1000 and replaced it with a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M CPU. But I won’t hold that against them, since this tech demo is all kinds of awesome on a dozen different fronts.

The UMPC has a 533MHz Samsung ARM-based chip and should let you accomplish basic computing tasks on the go. When it’s docked, you can run Windows apps like Office or Firefox, and you should have a better experience playing video or games thanks to the more powerful processor.

III is looking for partners to turn this concept device into an actual product. My guess is a final production unit would be based on an original design instead of the HP Mini 1000. But you never know.

You can check out a video of the device after the break.

Update: Engadget got a few more details on this device. Apparently the screen/tablet is connected to the netbook base using VNC, which means it might not be all that responsive. But hopefully the folks who designed this thing can figure out a way to make a better hardware connection in the future. I’ve added Engadget’s hands-on video after the break.