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Every year people create "wish lists" on Amazon's online store, hoping their friends and family will purchase these gifts for them. Amazon has compiled a list of most wished for electronics products by country, featuring the top 10 most requested electronics products in the USA, Germany, the UK and France.
At the top of Amazon's most wished for lists are Apple's iPod Touch, Canon's Digital SLR EOS 7D Camera, Samsung's S5230 Star smartphone and WD Elements Desktop WDE1UBK10000 External Hard Disk.
Products from Apple are among the most requested gifts throughout all the featured countries, with many different products from the company appearing in the lists including the iPod Touch, the Magic Mouse and the iPod Nano. Products from popular electronics brands Samsung and Canon also appear in the lists.
Apple's iPod Touch is the most consistently appearing gift across all four countries. The device has the ability to please music lovers, game players and people wanting an e-reader, making it one of the most wanted presents this year.
This Christmas many people in the US wish to receive Digital SLR cameras by Canon. Those in Germany would prefer to receive electronics gifts made by electronics manufacturer Samsung.
Most wished for electronics products in the US*:
1. Canon EOS 7D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-inch LCD (Body Only)
2. Epson MovieMate 60 V11H319220 Home Theater Projector
3. Apple iPod touch 32 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
4. Apple iPod touch 8 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
5. Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
6. Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)
7. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
8. Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (Black)
9. Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras
10. Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM 1-to-1 Macro Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
Most wished for electronics products in Germany*:
Most wished for electronics products in Germany*:
1. Samsung S5230 Star (Touchscreen, 3MP Camera, Video, MP3-Player, Bluetooth) noble-black Smartphone without contract, without Branding, no Simlock
2. Samsung N130@nynet-N270BN 10.1 inch Netbook (Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Intel GMA 950, XP Home) black
3. Western Digital WDE1UBK10000E Elements external hard drive 1 TB HDD USB2.0 black
4. LG 32 LH 2000 32 inches / 80 cm 16:9 HD-ready LCD-TV with integrated DVB-T Tuner black
5. Toshiba REGZA 42 RV 635 D 42 inches / 107 cm 16:9 "Full-HD" LCD-TV with integrated DVB-T and DVB-C black
6. Samsung LE 40 B 650 40 inches / 102 cm 16:9 "Full-HD" Crystal TV LCD-TV, integrated DVB-T/DVB-C Tuner, 100Hz, 4x HDMI, 2x USB-Video, Internet@TV, Content Library (1G) black
7. Samsung P2450H 24 inch HD LCD analogue/digital (contrast ratio 70000:1, reaction time 2ms) black
8. Canon PowerShot SX200 IS (12 Megapixel, 12x optical zoom, 3" Display) Black
9. SanDisk Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) 4GB memory card (original packaging)
10. Apple Magic Mouse Laser Maus wireless bluetooth (only for Mac OS X 10.5.8 or newer)
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. Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black
4. SanDisk 8GB SDHC Secure Digital Card
5. Sony BDPS360B Profile 2.0 Blu-ray Player with BD Live
6. Toshiba Regza 32AV615DB 32-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV with Freeview
7. Integral USB 2.0 Single Slot SD / SDHC Card Reader
8. New Apple iPod classic 160GB - Black
9. Seagate Expansions 1TB External Desktop USB 2.0 Hard Drive
10. LG 22LH2000 22-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV with Freeview - Black
Most wished for electronics products in France*:
1. WD Elements Desktop WDE1UBK10000 - External Hard Disk - 1 TB - 3.5" - Hi-Speed USB - black
2. Apple - iPod Nano (5th Generation) - 2.2 " screen - Camera - 8 GB - Violet
3. HDMI cable 2 M V1.3 gold plated, Full HD, Full 1080P, HDTV Plasma, LCD,PS3, XBOX 360,dvd Player
4. Western Digital - WD TV HD Media Player - High definition multimedia player - WDAVP00BE
5. Samsung - NC10 XI0V 1270W - Mini Notebook - 10.2'' WSVGA - Atom N270 - HDD 160 Go - 1024 Mo - XP Home - White
6. Western Digital - My Passport Essential - Ultra Portable External Hard Disk - 320 Go - Black
7. Panasonic - Lumix DMC-TZ7EF-K - Compact digital camera - 10.1 Mpix - 12x optical zoom - 3" LCD screen - Grand Angle 25mm - Black
8. Philips - SA1VBE04K - Digital Music Player 1.5" - mp3 / WMA - Radio FM - Vidéo - Photo - 4 Go
9. Apple - iPod Touch - 32 Go - Black - New
10. GARMIN Forerunner 305 - GPS Watch
*As an Amazon-promoted product the Kindle has not been included in the Most Wished For lists.
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