With news being a bit slow as we gear up for 2010 with CES, Mobile World Congress, and CTIA we see lots of 2009 wrap up stories and I personally really enjoy reading them. A couple related to Nokia were recently posted and I wanted to link to them and discuss them here with you. James Whatley posted on his Phone of the Year and Steve Litchfield posted on his Symbian Phone of the Decade.

This is a reminder that it’s your last chance to get Nokia’s Holiday rebate offer of $50 when you purchase or plan to buy a Nokia N97, N900, 5800 Nav, or 5530. You have until the end of this year to get the device and January 8th to mail the form. The purchase must be made before December 31st to be eligible.

Last week I posted on the release of Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta 2 (now that is a mouthful) and mentioned I was going to create a post to try to clarify the Nokia Messaging brand and make it easier for readers to understand what it all means. Let’s take a look at the history, current branding and options, and what I am personally using on my devices and hopefully this post turns into a helpful resource for you all

Eldar Murtazin shared on Twitter last Friday that firmware update v2.1 is coming out soon for the Nokia N97. He has been quoted by Engadget as an “ultimate insider when it come to all things mobile,” so I’d probably listen to what he has to say

Opera Mobile 10 was updated to Beta 2 on Monday. Opera is aiming to improve the user experience as they get closer to the final version. The key update for the second beta is native keyboard integration

TuneWiki has been available for download on the Nokia N900 at launch, but I haven’t really given it any attention until now.

I took some photos of the evaluation Nokia N900 that I received for a 3-month period and it was a typical Nokia retail package. I saw the unboxing video below over on Tracy and Matt’s Blog and think every Nokia geek should check it out. I wish I would have gotten one of these packages to check out and wonder if this will be a package purchase option.

It’s no secret that I absolutely love Pixelpipe on my Nokia devices. It lets me upload my photos, videos, and even files to existing multiple services like Flickr, Facebook, Twitpic, yFrog, etc. I just learned they’re releasing plugins for the Nokia N900 to make it easier for new users that just want to upload to a single service

Nokia Multimedia Transfer (NMT) for Mac was updated on Thursday to version 1.4.2. It adds support for the Maemo device, Nokia N900.

As I continue to use the N97 mini and Nokia N900 I keep thinking about the Nokia E72 as I try to figure out which of these three devices I will purchase in early 2010. I was leaning towards the E72 because I really enjoyed using the E71, but the awesome construction, high resolution display, and excellent keyboard of the Nokia N97 mini has me leaning much more heavily that way.