Go with the olympus, spend the extra few bucks for that beauty wide angle, plus Olympus makes the best lenses, and i have never heard any complaints about Olympus products.
Olympus Stylus models are the best point-n-shoots. It's the only point-n-shoot I own myself. I bought them for my mother and mother in-law too.
When I worked in a camera shop I used to recommend Stylus models to serious photogs who wanted a point-n-shoot; many came back to me and told me how very surprised and happy they were.
Also, we had a lot fewer Stylus owners coming in looking for camera repairs than any other brand of point-n-shoots. I used to send off several Canon point-n-shoots for repair every week with strange electrical malfunctions.