What is the best digital camera.........?

I don't know anything about cameras, but I am considering geting one. I need a small digital camera that high both reasonable in price and high in quality. I am consdiering sending between 200 and 250, any suggestion as to what camera I should purchase? Thank you all.

Please be specific as to the maker, name, type, model, etc

Here's what I would recommend, although it's not "small" Check out the Kodak Z740. I thoroughly like this camera and you can get them for cheap now. A year almost 2 ago they priced for nearly $500. Now you can get them for roughly 100 if you shop right. It has a great optical zoom. Expansion for memory...and great pixels. Look it up and find yourself in love with it. Sorry it's not the "small" that you're looking for. But it's not "large" either.

look at canon powershot....best bang for the buck

I have a Canon SD1000 and I love it. It's a small, simple design, it can fit in my back pocket, it's 7.1MP, and has a 3x optical zoom.
It's a great camera!! Canons are great. They're very user friendly, they have a lot o cool features that most don't have, and it's easy to learn the camera. At first I was using it to take pics of friends and the such, but after messing with it for a couple of hours, you'll learn most of what you need to know.
I would suggest getting a bigger memory card with whatever camera you get. At least 2GB. they're pretty cheap now. And if you do get a Canon, I'd go with the ScanDickUltraII memory card. The UltraII will help when you're taking video.

Well in my opinion for the best small range digital camera is Samsung S85. Trust me its really has some worth to use. i bought it recently and i am enjoying a lot with all its fucntions. Also the price is with in your budget $230 around. i just find this camera while searching on web and find this website http://www.digital-camera4u.com May be you can find more Digital Cameras list including Sony, Canon, Kodak, HP and Olympus.