Written by Ernesto on November 25, 2008
The
iPhone is a superb gadget and of course, we all know that BitTorrent is
a very special tool, so why not combine the two? With the uTorrent
WebAPP for iPhone you can monitor, search and add torrents to your PC
client wherever you are, making handling torrents on the move easier
than ever before.
Previously we reported
on the iPhone UI for uTorrent. With an interface optimized for the
iPhone, it can be used to access your BitTorrent client from your
iPhone when you’re away from your computer.
There was one problem though, since the iPhone doesn’t allow users
to copy and paste text, adding new torrents proved to be quite a
hassle. That’s where the uTorrent webAPP comes in, as it allows you to search for torrents on your iPhone, and directly add them to the download queue.
The iPhone web application uses isoHunt’s JSON interface
to find the latest torrents, and is optimized to fit on a small screen.
In order to browse through your torrents on the iPhone, you need to
have the uTorrent WebUI installed on your local PC, with the iPhone GUI addon.
When you have everything setup, you can browse to louish.com/iphone,
enter your IP and port, and you’re set. The IP and port will be saved
on your iPhone, so you don’t have to enter it the next time you search
for a torrent.
In the search results you will see a blue icon next to every
torrent. A single click on this icon is all that’s needed to add the
torrent file to the download queue. If you have secured your WebUI with
a password, you will have to enter that before it’s added. For those
people who are worried about security, the password, username and your
IP-address are all stored on your iPhone and will not be sent to any
external server.
We have tested the WebAPP, and it works like a charm. Adding
torrents is achieved with a single click, and afterwards you can keep
an eye on the download progress, or pause, stop or remove torrents via
the iPhone WebUI. Worth a try.
