Not really and don't hold your breath about the news. I can already say what it'll be. Something like "We know lots of people are waiting for N3DS support but we don't want to rush themselves, as we only want to deliver quality updates. Be assured that we are working hard on it and that it'll be released soon" (so more or less the same news as the 9.x exploit).
Pretty sure they'll never give any release timeframe, as always. So personally, I prefer they don't make a news until they release the exploit (of course, if they release it one day).
What? You know most of the games doesn't require 9.x to run? The only two ones that doesn't work might be Majora's Mask and Monster Hunter 4G but I'm not even sure about that. 8.1 is able to run all games released before Pokemon RO/SA (it can run Pokemon RO/SA, which require 7.x, and even Smash Bros, which require 8.1).
Which doesn't mean it's not a stupid idea, though.
As he said, I'm pretty sure no one will buy a Gateway before the exploit is released. Some people already did the error once with the 9.x exploit, and some others did the error once with buying a New3DS far before (though the choice was limited as it was now or never), people won't do the same error twice (especially when they only showed a video like 3 months ago), knowing there is a risk they buy a product that might never work on their New3DS.
So it's pretty sure the "delayed" release is not because of that (it's not really a delay by the way, they never officially announced any timeframe (other peoples here can just try to create them, but as there are not part of the Gateway company, it's not official words so it doesn't count at all, some peoples here, myself included, always said to ONLY BELIEVE THE WEBSITE), they just say soon and we know that for them, soon can mean "6 months or even one year").
Taking in consideration the gateway might still take several months before being released and that a Sky3ds cost the price of two 3DS games (if we talk about brand new one), would be better to buy a Sky3DS, except if you only plan to play two games in 6 months, for example. Not to mention it might be easier to sell a Sky3DS than two regular 3DS games. For example, Majora's Mask and Monster Hunter 4G are near the same price as the Sky3DS (40 dollars each, and Sky3DS is 90 dollars).
