Just to share.These are the choice that I narrow down when I was trying to get a 5MP camera the other time. All are good camera and have their own features thats better than others.
1. Sony W1 now got W5
2. Cannon s40 (4mp but quality close to 5mp)
3. Digimage X50
Features that attracts
Sony-AA batt,2.5" LCD,Manual controls
Canon-Small,stylish,sharp pic
X50-small,easy to hold
All are small and the main criteria is to have large LCD, at least 2". Pentax,Nikon,panasonic and olympus modes are good but Pentax and Nikon LCD are small 1.8" and felt Nikon's 2" wasn't really as big and Olympus limited to 512md XD cards so I did not consider them.Heard Panasonic batt are a big drain and the better looking series are not cheap. Casio are great but the colour of slightly tinted from wat I heard and saw.
Just wat I felt, Maybe better models have arrived by now.Think other experts will know more.I am just a noobie. Kodak looks good to me considering the price