Update:
I ended up not getting the Sony T10B or the Samsung NV10 for bluA32, we were hesitant toward the purchase since the price wasn't very ideal at the time (no sale either). We waited for Sony's new release and then picked up the Sony Cybershot T100 in black when it came out.

It is 8.1 megapixels, captures high-resolution images up to 3264 x 2448 pixels, 5x optical/2x digital zoom with the Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, a 3" color LCD monitor, and the ISO leve goes up to 3200. It's a very nice looking camera not mentioning very good as well. I've been testing it out by taking various photos outdoor and indoor, extrem macro and the camera's performance blew us away. It also has couple photo editing functions such as retouching..that are nifty. Chris and I are in love with it, it's super light weight, slim, and the menu/functions are easy to use as well. we are super happy with this camera purchase, it was worth the wait and the price!

and he was happy to get another cool present from me

Prior to the Sony T100B, Chris had the Canon Powershot S400, Sony Cybershot FD92 (first digicam when it first came out back in high school) and the Sony Cybershot P100 (2nd digicam we won at raffle). I was using the Canon Powershot S230 (3.2 megapixels) until this past summer when I got the Sanyo Xacti C6, which is a 6 megapixel camera/camcorder. The neatest functions of the Xacti are that the ISO for the video function goes up to 3600 and that during recording videos, one could take photos as well. (a very neat function I found useful) However, as a digicam, the Xacti is not very strong since it's mainly for video recording, though I've managed.
