Which is better? Nikon D3100, Nikon D5000, or the Canon rebel T2i?

Ok so i have been looking at getting a good camera for a while now and since its close to christmas i'm hoping i might be getting one. So i was looking at Canons but then saw the price, then some people tolled me to go look at the Nikons. But since i don't know alot about cameras… Which one is better!

Actually I'd say neither is better. But, I happen to be a Canon guy who owns two dslr cameras,
a Rebel XS and a t1i - both are just excellent. If you're only interested in stills I high recommend
the XS but the t1i and t2i both do HD video. Either is an excellent choice.

Canon and Nikon are the same. It just depends on the model.

Skip the D5000, D3100 is much better. T2i and D3100 have same image quality and noise performance, D3100 is lighter, smaller, cheaper.

Here's a post called 'Buying a DSLR, what's important, megapixels, features, brand, price, quality and which one to buy - http://www.the-dslr-photographer.com/2009/03/which-dslr-to-buy.html