Nikon just announced the D800. The much-anticipated step up from the D700 takes it more than a step. Where the D700 featured similar specs to the Nikon D3, the D800 bears almost no resemblance at all to the professional D4 body. The D4 has a 16.2 megapixel full-frame sensor, the D800 has a full-frame sensor that has an industry-leading (and unbelievably high) 36.3 megapixels!

The LCD on the back is also one of the biggest, at 3.2 inches across and 921,000 pixels. It works well for live view video and for framing stills.

It shoots 1080p video, with several options for size, compression and format, and shoot at 24, 25 or 30 frames per second. Nikon still offers no 60 frame-per-second option. It can output fully uncompressed HD via a built-in HDMI port. Like the D4, it allows for headphones to be plugged in to monitor the audio. Why these are the first DSLRs with this capability ever escapes us, it’s an extremely useful thing that has been available on video cameras virtually since the beginning of (video) recorded history.

With that much resolution, the raw (NEF) files will be a massive 76 megabytes each. It shoots full resolution at up to 4 frames per second, and 15 MP DX-cropped images at 6 fps.

Even with the incredible automatic features this camera has, it’s not for beginners. It has all the controls that a very advanced amateur or professional needs, and more resolution by far than anything else on the market. And at half the price of the D4, only $3000, it’s an amazing deal.

We want one!

For more information or to purchase a Nikon D800 digital camera, visit Amazon.com.

Read our Senior-Friendly Guide to Digital Cameras.

Motorola’s new Droid RAZR Maxx lives up to its moniker. It’s razor-thin (.35 inches or 8.99mm) but has a 3300 mAh battery to power the big, beautiful 4.3-inch mulit-touch screen for up to 21 hours. Oh, if my Thunderbolt had that… It runs Android, and with a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, it also runs the full desktop version of Firefox. It also works wirelessly with any DLNA devices.

It has an 8 MP camera with full 1080p HD video capabilities, a front-facing camera for video calls, 16 GB of built-in memory plus a 16GB microSD card (which you can replace with a 32GB), corporate and personal email and more.  The front is Corning Gorilla Glass and the back of the case is Kevlar fiber. Yes, it’s truly bulletproof. Now if you could just wrap your body in them, you’d be set for the modern-day Shootout at the OK Corral.

There’s even an optional HD Station for connecting to your home theater to watch streamed movies and other content,

and a lapdock for that adds a keyboard and a 10.1-inch screen for full-sized web browsing and more.

It’s $199 with a two-year contract.

For more information on the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx, visit Amazon.com.

Read our Senior-Friendly Guide To Smartphones.

Asus’ latest 15.6-inch laptop boasts a 1GHz dual-core AMD C-50 processor, 3GB of RAM and a 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive. It ships with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit edition. Optical drive is a DVD-RW, it has a built-in webcam and even an HDMI port to hook it up to an HDTV or monitor. Even has 1 year of accidental damage protection, all for only $349.

For more information or to purchase an ASUS laptop, visit Amazon.com.

Read our Senior-friendly Guide to Laptops.

Nikon introduces the new COOLPIX P510 digital camera, with an incredible 42x Nikkor zoom lens, from the equivalent of a wide 24mm to a really long 1000mm. Yes, that’s one with THREE zeroes following it. Good thing that lens has Nikon’s VR (Vibration Reduction) technology to help keep it steady. All in a body that looks like an SLR with a 50mm lens on it. The lens isn’t interchangeable, but the controls are all where you’d expect. The 3-inch vari-angle 921,000 dot screen on the back makes viewing images and framing 1080p video easy. There’s an optical viewfinder, as well. It’s a lot of camera for a little bit of money. At just north of $400, you still get a lot of camera.

It shoots 16.1 megapixel photos, panoramas (that are combined in-camera), and 1080p video with stereo sound. And it can geotag every one of those files with the exact location where they were shot, thanks to a built-in GPS receiver. And it has Nikon’s legendary metering and everything from full intelligent automatic to full manual, with 20 scene settings and even HDR.

For more information or to purchase a Nikon COOLPIX P510 digital camera,visit Amazon.com.

Samsung makes tablets in every size imaginable, so you can pick the one that’s the perfect size for you. The 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab runs Android 3.1 (Honeycomb), weighs in at under a pound, is a third of an inch thick, and has a 1280×800 multi-touch screen. You have 10 hours of battery life, access to over 200,000 apps on the Android Market, 32GB of built-in storage, Bluetooth 3.0, a USB 2.0 port, and more.

For more information or to purchase a Samsung Galaxy Tab, visit Amazon.com.

The Samsung Galaxy Prevail Android smartphone is available on Boost Mobile. With Boost, you pay $99 for the phone and then a monthly plan that requires no contract. This is a small smartphone, with a 3.2-inch screen and running Android, so you’ll have access to the Android Market and over 200,000 apps.

For more information or to purchase a Samsung Galaxy Prevail, visit Amazon.com.

Sony’s new Sony CMT-FX300i Micro Hi-Fi System has a dock for your iPod or iPhone. You can also connect other sources to play back digital music, like Android smartphones and tablets, mp3 players, and more. It’s an attractive system with easy-to-see controls and good quality sound. It even has a built-in AM/FM radio.

For more information or to purchase a Sony CMT-FX300i Micro Hi-Fi System, visit Amazon.com.

The HTC Rezound 4G/LTE Android Smartphone has all the features you’d expect in a top-of-the-line smartphone, except one thing: the price. It’s only 80 bucks, and it features a dual 1.5GHz processor, 4.3-inch multi-touch screen, front- (2 megapixel) and rear-facing (8 megapixel) cameras, the latter capable of 1080p video. Fast, clear, and relatively cheap! It It is on Verizon’s 4G network and comes with iBeats headphones. It has Bluetooth 3.0, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and a 16GB microSD card pre-installed.

For more information or to purchase an HTC Rezound 4G Android Smpartphone, visit Amazon.com.

Sony’s newest Bloogie camera features built-in Wi-Fi and the ability to both upload recorded videos directly to your computer or the web, wirelessly, or to stream live video using a Wi-Fi connection. It has a built-in USB connector for charging and direct uploading, shoots in 1080p HD video, and can shoot up to 3 hours of full HD video onto the built-in 8GB of storage.

Logitech’s new HD Pro Webcam C920 offers full 1080p video and stereo microphones with noise reduction to make your voice clearer in any environment. It features a Zeiss lens (one of the best names in lenses for photography, microscopes and other optics), a 15 megapixel camera for photos, and can even be mounted on a tripod.

It can compress video to h.264, one of the best formats currently, on-the-fly to make motion smooth and images clear for recording.. The irony of the h.264 encoding is that it requires you to install and use Apple’s Quicktime, yet this webcam won’t work on Apple computers (the C910 will, however, though it doesn’t offer h.264 encoding). You can record videos and skype calls with the C920.

For more information or to purchase a Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, visit Amazon.com.