I was considering buying the MPU-9150 SDK until I realized that for exactly the same $199 price I can get the Google Nexus 7 which includes the MPU-6050 (and a "couple of other things" I might say).
What gives? I would think that the SDK should be below $100 (max), and ideally have a little bit of subsidy thrown in, say $50 for a limited number of developers. Otherwise, it just feels awful to be an early developer on a new device.
(PS: Hopefully nobody mentions that the 9150 also includes a compass because the Nexus too has a compass, and GPS, and display, and bluetooth, and wifi, and a powerful processor, and storage, and Android, and what not for exactly the same price!)
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Re: Re: MPU-9150 SDK Price vs Google Nexus 7 Price
The Motionfit SDK is a reference design for a wearable self-contained sensor module, not an Android tablet. For somebody who is considering developing something based on this design, I don't think $150 is unreasonable. You might want to consider target markets and economies of scale before making this sort of comment. Yes, the cost of the individual components is probably about $30, but the cost of tooling and production for a limited-run niche device is far greater than for a consumer electronics device.
I am, despite statements to the contrary upon the release of the Motionfit SDK, still quite unsatisfied with what the independent developer community has been provided by Invensense. That said, comments like yours don't do much to help our cause.