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uTorrent Web lets you control torrent downloads on your iPhone
Torrent control applications aren't ever going to make it into the App Store. But that's OK -- your iPhone or iPod touch has a Web browser onboard, and that's capable of running plenty of Web apps that Apple can't ban.
µTorrent Web, for example, which brings the remote control power of the Falcon project to your iPhone. Falcon debuted recently, providing slick zero-config access to your torrent queue from anywhere you've got a Web browser. If -- like me -- you tried to use µTorrent Falcon on your iPhone, however, you found that it stopped responding during the login process.
µTorrent Web, however, works beautifully. The Windows desktop app and complete instructions on enabling remote access is available for download here. Once you've created an account and signed in, remote control is as simple as opening web.utorrent.com on your iPhone and signing in.
µTorrent Web, for example, which brings the remote control power of the Falcon project to your iPhone. Falcon debuted recently, providing slick zero-config access to your torrent queue from anywhere you've got a Web browser. If -- like me -- you tried to use µTorrent Falcon on your iPhone, however, you found that it stopped responding during the login process.
µTorrent Web, however, works beautifully. The Windows desktop app and complete instructions on enabling remote access is available for download here. Once you've created an account and signed in, remote control is as simple as opening web.utorrent.com on your iPhone and signing in.
Functionality is limited, but the essentials are there. You can paste in a torrent URI from another app on your iPhone to initiate a transfer remotely and pause active torrents. Concerned about your privacy? Have a read through BitTorrent's post about architecting for user privacy.
No, this won't allow you to download torrents directly onto your non-jailbroken iPhone -- but it will at least allow you to start new transfers on your home machine (which probably has a boatload more free drive space anyway) from wherever in the world you currently happen to be.
It's not as slick as Transdroid for Android phones, but µTorrent Web is a must-have web app for iPhone users who torrent files.
No, this won't allow you to download torrents directly onto your non-jailbroken iPhone -- but it will at least allow you to start new transfers on your home machine (which probably has a boatload more free drive space anyway) from wherever in the world you currently happen to be.
It's not as slick as Transdroid for Android phones, but µTorrent Web is a must-have web app for iPhone users who torrent files.
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Subscribe to comments216Jun 15th 2010 8:08AM
Seems useful
Aegir ThorvaldsJun 15th 2010 12:16PM
Mac users also have the choice of using Transmission's Web UI to manage their downloads. I use it with my iPhone all the time. Looks sweet enough to me through mobilesafari.
jollyrogueJun 15th 2010 9:53AM
".....of Web apps that Apple can't ban."
I think someone at Apple just said "Challenge Accepted".
sfreemanJun 15th 2010 12:28PM
Why not just use uTorrent's built-in web client?
Lee MathewsJun 15th 2010 12:13PM
This is totally zero-config. So for the average user (who probably doesn't know about stuff like Dynamic DNS and port forwarding), this will be very welcome... Assuming those people are actually torrenting.
Still, it's nice to not even have to bother with those things. My dyndns doesn't always update reliably...
StephanJun 15th 2010 7:19PM
So far this one turned out to be the best uTorrent Web UI
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=437990
ChrisJun 17th 2010 2:46AM
I can't get this to work on my iphone. I keep getting a message that says, "AES initialization vector is undefined."