Its's been a long time since I wanted to replace my old but handy Kodak C300 digital camera (now auctioned at www.sulit.com.ph).but I'm having a hard time choosing between these two newly released compact, point and shoot digital cameras I'm aiming for this year, The Canon Powershot A590IS and the Sony Cybershot DSC-T70. Both digital cameras marked good ratings and standings from the users and editors of the forums and review sites I have read, both cameras have 8 Mega pixels (which is standard for digital cameras nowadays), a 4x optical zoom, a 2.5 inch LCD screen, an expandable external memory and the best of all, an image stabilization and face plus motion detection system which is very helpful in focusing your subject specially when you are not using a tripod or you just have a shaky hands like me. They also both have the same image processor from their own SLR Cameras, for canon it has a DIGIC III processor(from canon's D-SLR series) and BIONZ(from alpha and H SLR series) for Sony, both cameras can take good pictures with its Carl Zeiss lens for Sony and canon's original lens (which claims to be the lens of Nasa's Hubble telescope on the outerspace). The only difference I noticed between them is the price, the battery, the style and the features which I am very particular of. (FYI:I really like to have an SLR Camera but I don't have enough budget for it, anyway thanks in advance for those who want to contribute one!).

The Battle Begins:
Introducing on the left corner :SONY Cyber-shot DSC T70
Specifications
Resolution : 8.01 Megapixels
Lens : 3.00x zoom(38-114mm eq.)
Viewfinder : LCD
LCD Size : 3.0 inch
ISO : 80-3200
Shutter : 1-1/1000
Max Aperture : 3.5
Mem Type : MS Duo / MS PRO Duo
Battery : Custom LiIon
Dimensions : 3.5x2.2x0.8in(90x56x21mm)
Weight : 5.5 oz(156 g)
MSRP : $330
Additional Info: Wide and Touch 3.0 clear photo LCD, 31 MB internal Memory,Lithium Ion Battery

Introducing on the Right corner :Canon Powershot A590IS
Specifications
Resolution : 8.00 Megapixels
Lens : 4.00x zoom (35-140mm eq.)
Viewfinder : Optical / LCD
LCD Size : 2.5 inch
ISO : 80-1600
Shutter : 15-1/2000
Max Aperture : 2.6
Mem Type : SDHC / SD
Battery : 2 x AA
Dimensions : 3.7x2.6x1.6in (94x66x41mm)
Weight : 6.2 oz (176 g)
MSRP : $180
Additional Info: multiple shooting modes from full automatic with multiple scene modes to full manual for complete control, 2xAA Batteries which is available anywhere

Style vs Performance Which Do You Prefer?
Both Cameras are great, but each one has it's own strong points and weak points. For Sony , it is undoubtedly stylish, sleek and very attractive to look at, but i think it lacks performance (in terms of image details due to blurriness according to reviews) and lack of full manual control modes of the camera,but still, I love it's macro function over canon's a590IS (based on flick'rs group photos), on the other hand, Canon boasts its performance in color quality and image details plus it's cool manual control feature,but the downside of it was, it only uses a plastic material for its body which might easily break when you drop it, and a little bit bulky on the pocket.

Let's Vote!
So after reading my blog , can you help me choose and decide what Digital Camera should I buy, by answering the poll questions I gave earlier. Thanks!

More reviews here:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.cameralabs.com/

 Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown