With bandwidth caps still a major part of the broadband experience on smartphones, torrents haven't made the leap to mobile platforms in a big way yet. Still, you get the occasional app like uTorrent Remote, which lets you manage the torrent downloads currently running on your PC.
Naturally, you can check on the status of all uploads and downloads happening on the computer. More than that, though, you can use the app to actively control your torrents, with options for adding, starting, pausing and removing file downloads right from your handset. It can work with torrents from RSS feeds, too, allowing you to stay on top of your favorite podcasts.
uTorrent Remote only works with uTorrent 3.0, which is currently an alpha build. As such, it's still quite buggy -- if you can live with that, though, being able to do the management from a handheld is extremely convenient.
You need to choose a username and a password, which the app will use for communicating with the desktop software. It doesn't stop at managing torrents, either -- you can send finished ones to your Android handheld for playback. Do note that copying files will depend heavily on file size and signal strength, so you'll need to wait a while to play your files. Oh yeah, there's no file conversion on board, either, so pick and choose what you stream wisely.
The uTorrent Remote's UI is simple but intuitive, making it a very convenient way to manage your torrents away from a computer. It's available now from the Android Market.
[uTorrent Remote]
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