I'd guesstimate the new gun pictured has a Brigadier slide, G configuration, 4.7" barrel and Vertec frame. Beretta's taken a PR beating for the 92FS being unfriendly to small handed shooters, and with women having a bigger role in the shooting world it makes good business sense to offer a gun which the fastest growing customer base can shoot comfortably.
The holster issue, IMO, is overstated. BladeTech offers one for the Brigadier slide size, and most of the non-pf.com crowd will be carrying these in cases to the competition site rather then IWB anyways. When the average Joe thinks "Carry Pistol", Beretta 92 is the last thing to come to mind.