Hello and thank you for your time in advance in reading this post.

I am a total photo "newbie", and I wish to purchase my first camera, with some things I would like:
1. AA batteries (great in a bind)
2. SD card support (general availability)
3. Good picture quality (little grain/noise as possible)
4. Exposure bracketing (so I can HDR-ify some pictures if I want to)

Well, point 1 and 2 are pretty much self-explanatory. Point 3 is where I rely on you guys the most, since I don't know what the "good" and "bad" brands are in terms of sensors. For point 4, it would be cool to be able to do HDR with a single photo instead of with 3 with different EV (correct me please if I am wrong). Things like USB 2.0 are granted, right?

For now, I am gravitating towards the Fuji F20 or the Canon A560. Oh, my target budget is 200€-250€.
Thanks for any help!

PS - I'm not really interested in megapixels, since a picture taken at 1600x1200 is already good and most cams can already do it. Right?