Fido launches low-end slider, the Samsung SGH-F266
by Sean Cooper 
posted Feb 10th 2009 at 11:02AM
Samsung and Fido are having a wee bit of a party today and have released the SGH-F266 to help us join in the new handset fun. The F266 is the first in a series of sets listed in the questionable raodmapp (that's intentional, so don't yell at us) we saw appear yesterday. Apparently priced at $25 on two-years, or $150 outright, it is loaded with a 2 megapixel camera, 37MB of internal memory (upgradeable to 8GB), a 2.1-inch display, and rounds out with a bit of Bluetooth, an FM radio, and only weighs 99 grams. Oh, and Fido? Your site still makes us feel queasy / stings our eyes, seriously.
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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Rogers Wireless, GSM, EDGE
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
none @ Mar 22nd 2009 5:19AM
I bought this Phone from Fido with a plan.
The Fido guy told me it was better than the "MOTO Z6W" "Samsung SGH-E747" and "Samsung SGH-A736" which were my choices to start off with.
This phone cost me 25$ with a plan, it is 150$ without.
MAIN MENU: The main menu is simple, but when inside a menu option it is sort of confusnig and takes awhile to get used to. It has extra junk in the menu that isnt really usefully and junk.
DISPLAY: It is a nice looking phone, good screen size. flips nicely. Has 7 button funtions on the front while unflipped. 4 of which you change to your own style and 2 very side ones are not changable, one links to the email the other to the internet which is rather annoying and there is no phone lock. The phone overall is a good stylist phone.
LAYOUT: The phone has 6 wallpapers that are just eh, the ringtones are nice. You can change the font size and color when dailing a #, and i think size small still too big! The thing that bothers me is the 'theme' Moto would have different display themes, and this phone does not. So every time your in the menu it is a black background, with white letters highlighted with ORANGE when you chose something - I find that ugly! You can turn the keytone beeps off, but everytime you change something in the menu it will make a sound saying its saved which you cannot turn off, which I personally would. Plus you may find texting a bit difficult if youre a texting type since the buttons are small, but you can get used to it.
MEDIA: Everything works perfectly, one problem I noticed people have was the PC Studio Program that it comes with. YOU DONT HAVE TO USE THIS. You cau use Media Player for example to import music. The Program isnt hard or confusing either way. I did not have a problem putting music such as mp3s, pictures, files onto my cellphone. But you cannot use the music as ringtones, but so what? Theyre ringtones are fine. It has 37 MB internal memory, I'd suggest to get the 2GB chip it is 20.00$, it comes VERY handy to add music and extra items onto the phone.
EXTRA: Bluetooth, 850/1800/1900MHz, Built-in handsfree speaker + earphones which you can use as well to talk from, Vibrating alert (is weak) Has yahoo, msn, email for those messenger junkies. Radio YES. Talk time 8 hours, 7 days stand by, Battery life very good, and there is an any key answer, No keypad lock, but it does lock while closed, PC Synchronization and Serial Connection- yes
When you buy this phone it comes with an USB Cord, A charager. You can charage you phone from both. There is a 50$ warrenty on 3 years, Samsung is very tough but in case 50$ is nothing for 3 years. A USB Adpartor (which the guy gave me for free) and suggested not to use it unless i dont have the USB cord. Also comes with earphones and with the program I mentioned + user guide.
Overall, Buy this phone if your interested, I personally like it, good sound for mp3, no dropped calls, good batttery life, easy to use and quick to learn. Its better than the Fido ones I mentioned which are on the Fido market!
Red @ Apr 28th 2009 1:14PM
I bought this phone and don't mind it except for the fact that when I play MP3's off the SDmini Card I have it won't play them one after another, When a song ends I am forced to go back and choose the next song in order to listen to it.
Also when using the T9 feature during text messaging, if the the word you are trying to spell spells something else then there's no drop menu to choose another word, you must switch back to manual spelling, spell the word, and then switch back to T9 making it totally pointless and time consuming.
Alexander @ May 1st 2009 9:41PM
Well actually they have playlists (4 playlists in total) that hold about 30 songs each. all you have to do is once you select your song hit up and then it should bring you to the play list screen. once you are there go to Options and Add Music From and then choose where your music is it'll either be Phone or Memory Card. you can select multiple songs at once and then once you are done selecting your songs you just hit add and there you go. go back into the playlist menu and just play the first song then it'll continue to the next and so on.