+1 for dpreview.com

I bought a Casio Exilim <some model or other>. It has survived rain in my jersey pocket, it takes acceptable photos.

Controls and menus are simple and quick.

The door for the battery/card compartment is fiddly and looks frail. I'm careful never to leave the camera lying around with the door open - this reduces the risk of it getting broken off, but makes it slightly easier to pick up the camera forgetting that the battery is in the charger or that the chip is in one of our computers. This may apply to other models, I don't know.

The reason I prefer it to a smart phone is that smartphones don't like living in jersey pockets - they like a plastic bag at the very least - I can get the camera out without stopping. Also I think I could roll off the (mountain) bike on the camera without breaking it. Hopefully would never get to test this out though.