The device will be available in two separate versions, depending on region: EGSM 900/GSM 1800/1900 MHz and GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz.
The quality of pictures is slightly "above average" of VGA CMOS cameras (better than 9210's Concord camera) but it could be better.
The camera is only accessible from the Phone side and the phone screen works as a viewfinder with pretty good refresh rate.
The resolution is VGA (640x480 pixels) only, but the main purpose of the camera is to support Multimedia Messaging (MMS), in which case it is more than enough.
According to Nokia, it provides up to 200-300 hours (WLAN off) or up to 180-240 hours (WLAN idle) of standby time and 4-6 hours of talk time.
Users can also take advantage of the IP passthrough function which allows using desktop PC's broadband connection via USB cable.
And it goes even further with its support for EGPRS (EDGE), providing download speeds of up to 236.8 kbps.
The same for SDIO - with the 9500 already supporting Bluetooth and WiFi there isn't much left you could use via SDIO, anyway.
The CPU (ARM-9 based TI OMAP 1510 dual-core RISC processor) is now three times faster (~ 150 MHz) and it uses more advanced ARM core and chipset.