So I'm buying a camera for the wife and I narrowed the selection down to 2 cameras; Canon SD990 and Canon SD890. I don't know much about cameras but here are the DIFFERENCES in the stats. Which camera has an edge over the other? Most of these stats look like another language to me. Camera enthusiasts please give me some advice. Thanks in advance!

Pixels:

SD 990 - 15.0

SD 890 - 10.3

Still Image Recording:

SD 990 - Exit 2.2 (JPEG) Movie: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Monaural))

SD 890 - Exit 2.2 (JPEG) Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: Wave (Monaural))

Focal Length:

SD 990 - 7.7-28.5mm f/2.8-5.8 (35mm film equivalent: 36-133mm)

SD 890 - 6.6-33.0mm f/3.2-5.7 (35mm film equivalent: 37-185mm)

Shooting Modes:

SD990 has more shooring modes than SD 880

Shutter Speed:

SD 990 - 15-1/1600 sec; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec.

SD 890 - 1/60-1/1600 sex., 15-1/1500 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reductio when manually set at 1.3-15 sec.

Shooting Speed:

SD 990 - Approx 1.3 fps

SD 890 - Approx 1.2 fps

Optical Zoom:

SD 990 - 3.7x

SD 890 - 5x

Aperture Range:

SD 990 - f/2.8 (wide) - f/5.8 (telephoto)

SD 890 - f/3.2 - f/5.7

Flash Range:

SD 990 - 1.6' - 15' (wide); 1.6' - 7.9' (telephoto)

SD 890 - 12" ; - 11' (wide); 12" - 6.6' (telephoto) at ISO Auto

Focus Range:

SD 990 - Normal: 1.6' - infinity; Macro: 2.0" - 1.6' (wide), 1.3' - 1.6' (telephoto); Digital Macro: 2.0" - 1.6' (wide)

SD 890 - Normal: 1.6' - infinity; Macro: 0.8" - 1.6'; Digital macro: 0.8" - 3.9"

Imaging Sensor Size:

SD 990 - 1/1.7"

SD 890 - 1/2.3"