I have personally not heard good things about General Electric, but that's just my experience, I've never had one nor do I plan on buying one.

I would have to say the Canon Powershot, since it doesn't require batteries. That might seem like a stupid reason not to get a camera for some people, but I know what it's like to be somewhere when the batteries die on you and you never have an extra pair. Rechargeable batteries never worked well for me either. Otherwise, the Canon and Nikon both look like decent cameras. I've had a Nikon (didn't need batteries) and it was great to use.

If you want a real suggestion on camera BRANDS, I have Olympus and I love love love my camera. It's a Olympus Stylus TOUGH 6000 and it can go underwater and all this fancy stuff. If you tend to drop cameras I would totally suggest it The speed is pretty awful though. I will say that.