I love the Nikon Coolpix, as it is very user-friendly--works logically and
feels
good in the hand, and it does every thing. Mine is a 4.3 mp and I paid $250
for
it. It has modes for manual, totally automatic and every thing in between,
and does
40-second videos. It is not as small as some but I don't like little tiny
cameras
that make me feel like I'm all thumbs. You get a 16-photo memory card for
it,
but for $40 you can get a card that holds 300 photos. Transferring the
photos
to your computer is easy, and the camera comes with Nikon software that
includes photo-editing software. Just my 2 cents!

Casio EZ55/56/65. Can't go wrong with any of these little devices.
They're cheap, slim, good quality pictures, and they have a few neat
little effects built in as well. Highly recommened.

Cheers
Al.