Apparently, shortly after I posted about the wait until October, Amazon began shipping my iPod Mini. I received it today, about a week after I ordered it. (I might have received it sooner had I opted for the non-free shipping option).
Loading it up with songs was easy, It copied my iTunes library of 840 songs in about 10 minutes via the included firewire cable.
My friend with the 4G iPod has reported that he has a bad iPod, and it crashes within 5-20 songs.
Edit: The iPod was exchanged for a new one, and that one works perfectly. Symptoms of the bad iPod: hard drive whining after between 5-12 songs. Pressing Play, Pause or Fast forward after this point will cause the iPod to become unresponsive. Menu screen will be frozen.
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