Hi Ron,
I agree to maost parts of your post.
It is important to get the news that Sony made a deal as many many specualtions poped up time by time what happend to them. Furthermore, preasure on J3 gets much higher as Sony is a large Japanese company and it`s besides Casio the second one now :-)
How to do you come to a conclusion Sony hasn`t make a big deal? I think the deal could be in a range of already done agreements, or?
What I suppose is, that beginning next week our old speculation on royalities starts again.
Best wishes
S402005