Back in the days when tablets were just starting to become popular, MSI had big plans and showed a bunch of prototypes. They haven’t achieved superstar status, but every once in a while they pull out a product from the hat. One of them is the Primo 77 slate, shown below.

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The MSI Primo 77 has been listed in Taiwan, on local carrier Chunghwa Telecom. This model runs Android and it has a 7 inch IPS display with 5 point multitouch. Inside there’s a 1.3 GHz MediaTek 8312 dual core processor, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. There’s also a microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and a 3100 mAh battery.

Android 4.2 is the OS here and this device also does 3G Internet phone calls. The product is available via the local carrier mentioned above, for just $170. The back seems to feature a smooth touch surface…