Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 A friend of mine downloaded WWcalc 'way back when before WW legal dept shut down the websites. I'd love to know how the WW online one compares also. JJ Mitch Javeline wrote: > Anybody who's used WWCalc used this new WW PDA program? How do they > compare? > > Mitch > > wrote: > > >Hi, everyone: > > > >WW now has an official WW PDA program that's been expanded to include > >WW Online members. I intalled it yesterday, and I have to say that it > >takes my breath away. I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS! You can check it > >out here: http://www.weightwatchers.com/pda/o_index.aspx > > > >It costs $5 a month on top of my WW Online membership, and it syncs > >up with my online Tracker. So, it has all of my favorites in there. > >The restaurant listings are there. It's absolutely what I needed. I > >don't have to lug my WW books with me anymore when I travel. (I get a > >little paranoid when I travel.) > > > >Has anyone else tried this yet? I'm so excited!! I imagine it's what > >the E-Tools people have had all along, but it's new to me! > > > > > >297/218.5/150 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 I had WWCalc up until I installed this new program. They are the same concept, but for me this new WW PDA program is much better. I use WW Online, so all of my favorites are saved on there. The PDA program downloads those favorites and also keeps the last two weeks of journals in the program (they're on the website for...I don't know how long, but my February entries are still there). I love WW Online--it's how I journal and I journal EVERY DAY without fail. I'm also a PDA lover, so for me this was a natural partnership. My take on this: if you do WW Online and have a PDA, pay the extra $5 a month for the PDA program. If you don't do WW Online, this might not be worth it to you. WWCalc is functional and certainly useful in a pinch; you're probably fine sticking with it. > > >Hi, everyone: > > > >WW now has an official WW PDA program that's been expanded to include > >WW Online members. I intalled it yesterday, and I have to say that it > >takes my breath away. I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS! You can check it > >out here: http://www.weightwatchers.com/pda/o_index.aspx > > > >It costs $5 a month on top of my WW Online membership, and it syncs > >up with my online Tracker. So, it has all of my favorites in there. > >The restaurant listings are there. It's absolutely what I needed. I > >don't have to lug my WW books with me anymore when I travel. (I get a > >little paranoid when I travel.) > > > >Has anyone else tried this yet? I'm so excited!! I imagine it's what > >the E-Tools people have had all along, but it's new to me! > > > > > >297/218.5/150 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 , Not including synching your online journal w/ your PDA, what other things does the new WW PDA program do that WWCalc doesn't do? The cache on WWCalc saves all of the foods that I've previously journaled, has all of my restaurants and convenience foods and has journal info. back to 2001. I'm just wondering what the WW PDA program offers other than synching to your online journal. From what I've seen, it looks like a much " prettier " interface, etc. Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks! Hope wrote on 12/7/2004, 4:18 PM: > > > I had WWCalc up until I installed this new program. They are the same > concept, but for me this new WW PDA program is much better. I use WW > Online, so all of my favorites are saved on there. The PDA program > downloads those favorites and also keeps the last two weeks of > journals in the program (they're on the website for...I don't know > how long, but my February entries are still there). > > I love WW Online--it's how I journal and I journal EVERY DAY without > fail. I'm also a PDA lover, so for me this was a natural partnership. > > My take on this: if you do WW Online and have a PDA, pay the extra $5 > a month for the PDA program. If you don't do WW Online, this might > not be worth it to you. WWCalc is functional and certainly useful in > a pinch; you're probably fine sticking with it. > > > > > > >Hi, everyone: > > > > > >WW now has an official WW PDA program that's been expanded to > include > > >WW Online members. I intalled it yesterday, and I have to say that > it > > >takes my breath away. I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS! You can check it > > >out here: http://www.weightwatchers.com/pda/o_index.aspx > > > > > >It costs $5 a month on top of my WW Online membership, and it > syncs > > >up with my online Tracker. So, it has all of my favorites in > there. > > >The restaurant listings are there. It's absolutely what I needed. > I > > >don't have to lug my WW books with me anymore when I travel. (I > get a > > >little paranoid when I travel.) > > > > > >Has anyone else tried this yet? I'm so excited!! I imagine it's > what > > >the E-Tools people have had all along, but it's new to me! > > > > > > > > >297/218.5/150 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 > > No, WWcalc was done by a programmer independent of Weight Watchers and > got fairly > wide distribution before WW legal shut them down. It's now distributed > only " by request " . > > WW legal shut down all competition because of their " new PDA program > which was > coming out imminently " (this was 2 years ago). Guess they finally got > there.... $5 a month/ > yet a new way for WW to make money.!!!!!! Of course...they are a business you know. The deal with this one is, it syncs up to your online account. That means if I journal online for the day and then sync with my PDA everything I've journaled goes into my PDA. Then if I go out and journal some food on the PDA and sync it to my computer, it syncs up to my account. So when I'm on vacation I can do all my journaling on my Palm, come home and sync it, and I have an online record of my vacation. It's set up to work with either Flex or Core and looks very much like the online tracker. It's worth $5 a month. This is a value added bonus. There are servers to maintain, programming that was done (and continues to be done), extra bandwidth, etc. It makes sense that they would charge an extra fee for the service. I mean they could start giving it all away for free and then go bankrupt and we'd have no more Weight Watchers. We could do it all on our own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 I've used both. The nice thing about the WW version, is that it uploads/downloads to keep both records current. In other words, if you are an online member of weight watchers, and you use the web to journal, you are able to journal on your palm, with current point lists, and it will synch with WW online. WWCalc has some nice interfaces, including a weight tracker that I like a little better than WW online. The WW online PDA program requires a lot of memory. And not the kind on an expansion card. So, if anyone is planning to purchase a Palm, don't go less than 8 MB of RAM, but preferably 16 MB, unless you don't plan to use your palm for anything else (that is just my advice, which means you should investigate and learn for yourself...). They both have plusses and minus's. If you aren't enrolled in WW online, don't do it to get the program, stick with WWCalc. Teres Re: New WW for PDA! Anybody who's used WWCalc used this new WW PDA program? How do they compare? Mitch wrote: >Hi, everyone: > >WW now has an official WW PDA program that's been expanded to include >WW Online members. I intalled it yesterday, and I have to say that it >takes my breath away. I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS! You can check it >out here: http://www.weightwatchers.com/pda/o_index.aspx > >It costs $5 a month on top of my WW Online membership, and it syncs >up with my online Tracker. So, it has all of my favorites in there. >The restaurant listings are there. It's absolutely what I needed. I >don't have to lug my WW books with me anymore when I travel. (I get a >little paranoid when I travel.) > >Has anyone else tried this yet? I'm so excited!! I imagine it's what >the E-Tools people have had all along, but it's new to me! > > >297/218.5/150 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Does the WW At-Home and On-line program charge a fee like E-tools does? If so, I'm wondering why they gave the program to the E-toolers for free, but are charging for the At-Home people. Granted, since I'm already paying for meetings (since I'm 10lbs. over my lifetime WW goal) and I would have to pay $10 extra a month for e-tools if I chose to use it, it seems like it would be a little excessive to throw a third charge in there. Maybe I just answered my own question. =) 175/147.8/130(personal goal) Re: New WW for PDA! > > On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:15:43 -0500, Mitch Javeline > wrote: > > > > No, WWcalc was done by a programmer independent of Weight > Watchers and > > got fairly > > wide distribution before WW legal shut them down. It's now > distributed> only " by request " . > > > > WW legal shut down all competition because of their " new PDA program > > which was > > coming out imminently " (this was 2 years ago). Guess they > finally got > > there.... $5 a month/ > > yet a new way for WW to make money.!!!!!! > > Of course...they are a business you know. > > The deal with this one is, it syncs up to your online account. That > means if I journal online for the day and then sync with my PDA > everything I've journaled goes into my PDA. Then if I go out and > journal some food on the PDA and sync it to my computer, it syncs up > to my account. So when I'm on vacation I can do all my journaling on > my Palm, come home and sync it, and I have an online record of my > vacation. It's set up to work with either Flex or Core and looks very > much like the online tracker. > > It's worth $5 a month. This is a value added bonus. There are servers > to maintain, programming that was done (and continues to be done), > extra bandwidth, etc. It makes sense that they would charge an extra > fee for the service. > > I mean they could start giving it all away for free and then go > bankrupt and we'd have no more Weight Watchers. We could do it all on > our own. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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