I read a while ago people talking about the D3X's 24MP, and that it was really hard to hand-hold it for anything less than 1/500th without pixels blurring together.
Maybe nikon's already anticipating the reactions to the 36mp and jumping the gun a bit?

Had canon written that, i'm sure there would have been a few more "just use our brand new $3000 10-stop-IS lenses" lines instead of crapping on about tripods (which they don't sell).