Cant help you by suggesting names of cameras, I currently own a Minolta Dimage Xt and would love to own a Canon DSC-T1. As you can see, for me, size is a factor. If they are small, they surely are point and shoot cameras (dont like multi-functioned cameras either). I like small cameras and small cell phones. Especially if you just want em to take pics around town. I just use my Minolta 3.2 and use Jasc Paind Shop Pro 8 to fix up the images. With that combination, you cant go wrong (exept if the picture is really noisy, which only happens at night).
Anyway, try out this site....
http://www.steves-digicams.com/ its great for digital cameras reviews n stuff. They even have some preview images. That guy tests out the cameras and gives sample pics. So there, you can see the difference between a picture with one camera and picture with another.