I think I'll end up getting an CanonIS850 or CanonIS950. Haven't decided if the extra $100 would be well spent on the 12.1mp versus 8mp, especially with these point and shoot, I suspect there's a limit how effective a higher res camera would be beyond 6mp.
I do like sony, except unfortunately I'm not a big of memory sticks. I'm sort of bummed that it's getting harder to find simple point and shoot that take the compact flash format. I hate memory sticks and SD cards are yet another format I need to stock now.