I'm partial to FUJI films in color, the PRO line is awesome, but the consumer films are also very very good. Sensia/Provia for slides and Superia for negatives.
In BW it is a matter of individual taste, since you will not be developing yourself I'd say that Ilford XP2 Super is the safer bet for ya. That is a BW film that can be run in the 1=hour minilabs and scans beautifully.
If you want to try real BW film, but still do not want to develop yourself, go for TriX, Ilford HP5 or Fuji neopan400.
Choose a lab for development and then take a roll of test picutres (non-important) exposing the film at 200, 400, 800 and see which ones you like best. After that expose the film using the ISO setting that you liked and you'll get consistent resutls as long as you stick to the same lab.
Next.... learn to develop yourself