The popular and long-waited BlackBerry Storm2 is officially available online, at the Verizon website, for a mere price of $180 after the mail-in rebate of $100 and after signing a 2-year contract.

The Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 9550 only has one problem when comparing it to other BlackBerry devices, which is the exclusion of Wi-Fi… Taking in consideration the early news that 409 million devices feature WiFi, I guess there won’t be many more smart phones on the future that don’t have WiFi.

Anyhow, for BlackBerry lovers this latest model will surely please them thanks to the improved processor, memory, and other details.

In case you’re not going to wait for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, then maybe the Storm 2 9550 is the next BlackBerry in your life. And the phone has decided to star in a brand new video.

Check out the video above and you’ll see for yourself that the phone is a lot better than its predecessor. Sure we like the backlit buttons, the metal battery door and the chrome but what we really like is the SurePress screen which will only respond to your touch when the phone is in use. And the Storm 2 seems to be a pretty fast device especially since the OS in the video is not the final version. You have lots of memory to play with, great speakers, a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and BlackBerry Messenger.

The Storm 2 looks better and better and while we don’t want to presume it’s going to be an iPhone killer we sure expect it to be quite popular among RIM fans and not only. We’re just hoping that the phone in the video is the real thing. After all, why shouldn’t it be?

With Verizon slated to get the Storm 2 by September, BlackBerry lovers won’t have to wait too long to get their paws on the next-gen Storm, but will they be getting something different this time or a repacked Storm? That’s what CrackBerry ventured to find out with the video below and guess what, a much more responsive SurePress touchscreen and WiFi (which wasn’t available on this early manufacturing unit) does make the 9550 a better device.  The operating system onboard was OS 5.1 which didn’t have many differences from the original Storm, but memory has been upped to 256MB for applications and 1.8GB of user storage memory.  We will plan to find out more on the device before it hits the shelves, but until then, enjoy the video below.