A shoe-gazing BusinessWeek blogger, one of so many obsessed with Steve Jobs' wardrobe, noticed that Jobsy wore Nike Moires at the Apple-Nike deal announcement. That's a switch from his usual New Balance 991 GLs, says the Steve-watcher.

Nike and Apple have been in talks for months. One reader has speculated that Jobs could have been wearing Nikes at the iPod Hifi announcement. But as seen above, a Getty Images search brings up no shots of Steve below the ankles. What's up with the press conspiracy to hide Jobs' shoes? For shame, tech journalists — this is like the legendary Bowtie Cover-Up of '82.

Today Steve Wore Nikes [BusinessWeek]

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