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Amazon has compiled a list of most wished for electronics products by country for the period of November 15 to 30, featuring the top five most requested electronics products in the USA, Germany, the UK, France and Japan.

At the top of Amazon's lists of most wished for products during the period of November 15 -30 are LG's 55-Inch 1080 Wireless high definition TV, Samsung's S5230 Star touchscreen smartphone, Apple's iPod Touch, Western Digital Elements' 1 Terabyte Desktop external Hard Drive and Epson's MultiPhoto Colorio Printer.

Apple's iPod range and external storage devices such as Hard Drives were the most popularly requested gifts on Amazon websites across the world.

Those hoping to give the gift of one of the consumer electronic products featured in Amazon's most wished for lists better have deep pockets.

Consumer electronics products featured in browsers' most wished for lists were mostly high-priced items with a second Generation 8 GB iPod Touch selling for  €254, a Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive priced at €90, and a 55-inch Wireless HDMI LCD high-definition TV from LG priced at around €1350.

Most wished for electronics products in the US*:
1. LG 55LH85 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz Wireless HDMI LCD HDTV, Black
2. Apple iPod touch 8 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
3. Apple iPod touch 32 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
4. Garmin nüvi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
5. LG LHB977 1000-Watt Blu-ray Disc Home Theater In a Box

Most wished for electronics products in Germany*:
1. Samsung S5230 Star (Touchscreen, 3MP Camera, Video, MP3-Player, Bluetooth) Smartphone
2. Samsung N130 Netbook (Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Intel GMA 950, XP Home)
3. Western Digital WDBAAU0010HBK Elements 1TB external Hard Drive (3.5 inch, 7200rpm, 8MB Cache, USB)
4. LG 32 LH 2000 32 inch / 80 cm 16:9 HD-ready LCD TV DVB-T Tuner
5. SanDisk Secure Digital High Capacity 4GB Flash Card

Most wished for electronics products in the UK*:
1. New Apple iPod touch 8GB (3rd Generation)
2. New Apple iPod touch 32GB (3rd Generation)
3. SanDisk 8GB SDHC Secure Digital Card
4. Integral USB 2.0 Single Slot SD / SDHC Card Reader
5. Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black

Most wished for electronics products in France*:
1. WD Elements Desktop WDE1UBK10000 - Hard Drive - 1 TB -external - 3.5" - Hi-Speed USB - black
2. Apple - iPod Nano (5th Generation) - 2.2 "screen - Camera - 8 GB - Purple
3. Apple - iPod Touch - 8 GB - Black - New
4. Philips - SA1VBE04K - Digital Music Player 1.5" - mp3 / WMA - Radio FM - Video - Photo - 4 GB
5. Western Digital - My Passport Essential - External Hard Drive 2.5" - USB 2.0 - 500 GB - Black - New

Most wished for electronics products in Japan*:
1. EPSON MultiPhoto Colorio ?????LAN???? ?????? 6?????? EP-802A (printer)
2. Canon PIXUS ?????????? MP640 (camera)
3. BUFFALO ?????????? USB2.0?? 1.0TB HD-CN1.0TU2 (1TB External Hard Drive)
4. SANYO USB???????????????? (????????????????) KBC-L2AS (External battery)
5. BUFFALO USB2.0 ????????????? 1.5TB HD-CL1.5TU2/N (1.5TB External Hard Drive)

*As an Amazon-promoted product the Kindle has not been included in the Most Wished For lists.

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