What specs are imp in a digital camera, for basic use not professional,any models recommened?

Depends on what features are important to YOU and how much you want to spend. Here's everything you needed to know about what to look for in a digital camera...it is worth the read:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/elect...

From personal experience, we are not happy with our Nikon CoolPix camera...it just turned 4 years old and needs to be replaced already...actually we squeezed another year out of it because it's been acting up for a year. I'll probably go with a reasonably-priced Canon (4 MPs...any more is wasted on me).