My sister is all excited by a light blue Olympus 7040 P&S. Yeah, color is good marketing. When I saw that Olympus got smart and moved to SD cards, I told her I'd buy her one if the image quality and general operation was OK. No RAW mode but she won't be using that anyway. Just JPEGs and short videos.

The camera is pre-order (Feb) at this point in time. I've seen no previews of any value nor any pre-production image samples on the web. Has anyone seen/heard anything reliable about the image quality or operation in general? It's been a very long time since I've dealt with an Olympus P&S. In fact, the last one I used was one of those great original 1.3 MP jobs many many years ago. Small chance I know, but I'd like some real inside information if anyone is privy!

Thanks.