Nokia posted a with CEO Stephen Elop and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer highlighting the partnership on its . If the background music sounds familiar, that's because it's the same music Apple used in its .
The loop, titled Pendulum, is bundled with iLife, and its use raises the question: Did Nokia use Apple software to produce its Microsoft partnership video?
seems to think so. The site credits Romanian blogger Adrian Boiglu for first and suggesting the video was created in iMovie.
I'm not so sure that the soundtrack's presence is a smoking gun that points to Nokia using iMovie to produce the video, but it at least makes that a clear possibility. At the very least it is safe to assume that an Apple workstation was in the mix at some point. (Final Cut Studio, anyone?)
The loop itself can be used by anyone who creates movies on a Mac, as long as it is for noncommercial use.
It might be a little embarrassing for Microsoft, but can Nokia really be faulted for using royalty-free music or a Mac to produce video?
The company's despite an increase in sales. CEO Elrop (the guy from the video) went as far as comparing the company's situation to standing on a burning oil platform in the North Sea in a memo leaked by .
And it isn't like is being embraced in the world of video production like .
Irony aside, let's hope the new partnership is fruitful. Nokia needs help with its software and Microsoft needs a manufacturer to prioritize Windows Phone 7 over Android.