Spring is just around the corner, and you deserve a chance to start off the season on the right foot. Our friends at Apple and Sony were kind enough to let us know about two of the latest products you’ll be searching for very soon.

1. 16-GB iPOD TOUCH

This Wi-Fi-enhanced unit is a Mac for the palm of your hand—with supereasy navigation. You have your choice of an 8-, 16- or 32-GB flash drive model. The 32-GB unit can hold up to 7,000 songs in 128 Kbps AAC format, 25,000 iPod-viewable photos and up to 40 hours of video. Just don’t be caught watching James Bond at work or you might not be able to pay off your credit card bill.

WEBSITE: Apple
PRICE: $229(8 GB), $299 (16 GB),
$399 (32 GB)
AVAILABLE: At your local electronics store

2. FULL-HD 1080P HDR-XR520V HANDYCAM

Capture your memories with Sony’s latest full-HD Handycam camcorder. Besides having a 240-GB hard drive for all your quality footage, there’s a built-in GPS antenna and NAVTEQ digital maps for video and photo geotagging, a built-in zoom microphone and a 3.2-inch-wide touch display. Just do us a favor: Don’t send us a video of you flexing your muscles in the mirror—we know you look great.

WEBSITE: Sony
PRICE: $1,500
AVAILABLE: At electronics stores as of March 2009

Want more gear? Check out the March/April issue of
Maximum Fitness—on newsstands February 24, 2009.