Sheesh, it isn't even Thanksgiving but companies are already advertising Top Ten Lists?  When will it end? 

There are still 37 shopping days until Christmas but The Sunday Times already has its top ten gadgets of 2011 list up. Compiled by their technology panel, the results will also be featured in the inaugural Tech List supplement within the main newspaper this weekend. To coincide with the launch, consumer research was conducted looking at gadget and technology trends together with spending plans this Christmas. 

Topping The Sunday Times Tech List's best gadgets of 2011 - the Elgato EyeTV mobile, which allows iPad2 users to watch and record Freeview digital TV channels via their tablet without the need for any internet connection. The inclusion of this smart piece of technology will no doubt see thousands of gadget mad Britons watching the Queen's speech on an iPad over Christmas dinner this year.

Also included are ski goggles with built-in GPS and cameras, "the world's best Lego kit" - comprising 2,048 pieces including a pneumatically operated crane, Angry Birds speakers and a self-recording DAB radio. The guide also features the year's top 100 gadgets, divided into categories including boys' and girls' toys, tablets, cameras, cycling, skiing, motoring and gaming.

 According to new research released today, seven million people - people married over ten years, Seventh Day Adventists and some subset of the 5 billion people who are not Christian, we can assume - won't be bought a present by their partner this Christmas, but for people who will spend money the findings also revealed that men plan to spend more on their partner than women - which correlates to the longheld gift/sex curve we all know about - and that e-readers and tablets, such as the Kindle and iPad2, top the nation's present wish-list this festive season. 

 When asked about their technology preferences, the public voted the laptop as their favorite gadget, followed by the mobile phone, despite the current tablet trend. The research also discovered the sacrifices people would make to afford their most-wanted piece of technology - 24% of people would give up alcohol, 15% their social life, 11% their annual holiday and 6% would delay a marriage proposal or wedding.  That's all hypothetical, of course.  No one in England is giving up alcohol.

Despite an increasing reliance on technology in everyday life, some still struggle with common phrases - 16% of people don't know what HD (high definition) stands for, with more women (84%) in the know than men (81%).

 The Sunday Times' technology expert Matt Bingham, who oversaw the creation of the list, commented, "Gadgets are at the top of many people's Christmas wish-lists and the average British adult spends nearly half their waking hours using some kind of technology. So it is no surprise that there are thousands of high-tech products to choose from. The Tech List's top 100 Gadgets will help everyone cut through the techno-babble and enable them to choose the best possible gadget this Christmas." 

The Sunday Times Tech List Top 10 Gadgets of 2011 -

1) Elgato EyeTV Mobile GBP100
2) Zeal Optics Transcend GPS goggles GBP420
3) Light Strike from GBP30
4) Pure One Classic Series II GBP55
5) JP Twister 2.4G Police Helicam GBP137
6) Virgin Media TiVo from GBP3/month
7) Lego Technic Unimog U400S GBP145
8) Arcade Nano Sonic GBP9.85
9) Gear4 Angry Birds Speakers from GBP50
10) Street Surfing Wave 360 GBP100

Research conducted by OnePoll.com on Tuesday, November 15 2011 with sample base of 2,000 respondents.