"Best Buy gets the Storm 2 on 10/25.  I think VZW will release it after the BOGO sale on BB ends, whick I think is 11/07."

I agree with you that VZ probably will want to release after the BOGO. There is no way Best Buy is releasing the 9550 before VZ. There is also the 9520 but that is for Vodaphone and Rogers.