Delays are understansable, but if it doesnt ship by mid november i'll camcel my preorder and wait.
Reasons:
-Will start to suspect its more than a few software bugs. Perhaps hardware related
-may as well wait for the non-fanboy reviews to confirm the real life battery usage and stability.
- might as well wait for the second batch to fix any potential hardware issues on first batch
-some USA carrier might annouce subsidy or an at&t US version may follow shortly
- the reviews of droid,hd2 might be spectacular. Who knows?
-try it instore before i buy, i might have been to excited when i first tried it at the flagship store. My only gripe was the weight. Theres no way you can use this one handed on the nyc subway unless you have a seat.

Lasty, with the plastic screen will really prefer a screen protector. Will want to confirm that a screen protector will not destroy the slick touch experience