I had a Kodak Easyshare that was dying after 3 years so bought the Canon Powershot based on reviews I read. As far as ease of use it may be easy if you have time to read all the instructions and can actually understand them!
I'm used to taking pictures then fixing them to look great when you edit but the editing features are very limited and the pictures are not as sharp as I was used to. Many were downright blurry too.
My opinion is that this is too complicated and the picture quality is poor. $130 down the drain as far as I'm concerned. I'm going back to Kodak.