The Ricoh Caplio R4 is a great little camera. If it was a bit bigger, and more suited to big hands, I'd buy one.
[edit] Its best features are that it does wide angle - 28mm - great for landscape and group shots, combined with 7.1x Zoom for closeups [/edit]
See:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022302ricohr4.asp