The latest alpha version of uTorrent for Windows (sorry Mac users) has a great new feature: you can drag and drop media downloads onto your Xbox 360, PS3 or Android/iPhone mobile. Currently it won’t convert the files to a playable format, but that’s expected alongside the upcoming premium release of uTorrent Pro.
The final release won’t be available for a few months, and you’ll have to pay for it, but for the time being you can see what’s on the horizon by downloading the alpha for free.
uTorrent 3.1 beta (Direct Download!) [via TorrentFreak]
Originally published on Lifehacker
Jake
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 6:24 PMWooo! Piracy ho!
Jake
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 6:24 PMAnd it’s not U or utorrent! It’s micro torrent!
jimbo
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 8:05 PMcool story bro..
Dan
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 10:38 PMYes, We all know this however the letter’u’ kind of looks like the SI symbol for micro reversed.
Their own website is utorrent.com btw…
Otacon
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 8:03 PMPS3 media server is great and it’s free. Won’t be getting this.
matt
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 8:36 PM^ this. ps3 media server also has an option to install itself as a windows service so you can forget about it and always be connected to the ps3.
Pariah
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:58 AM^ +1 Hear hear.
James Mac
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 8:11 PMin before Microsoft make this unworkable.
Loopy
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 10:56 PMI don’t see this happening, there are already a number of apps that let you stream media to idevices.
pointless
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 10:59 PMumm laptop hdmi tv
job done
no?
MrBS
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 7:32 AMutorrent is going paid. Ohhoho. Time to find the forum rage over this :D
adrian milano
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 8:58 AMI assume we can download a cracked full version of utorrent as part of some kind irony ?
Chazz
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:10 AMThat’s how I got Limewire Pro back in the day :P
Pariah
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:58 AMPlease. That’s how EVERYONE got Limewire Pro back in the day.
Chazz
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:47 AMAnd your point is?
Destructor
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:09 AMSorry for sounding dense but… what does this actually mean? What does ‘dragging and dropping to my Xbox’ actually look like? Does it appear on my Xbox’s hard drive, or does it just show up as a networkable device?
Gordon Pedersen
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 5:11 PMYou physically drag your download server across the room and drop it on top of your XBox. It makes a satisfying “clunk” noise if done correctly, and possibly a loud cracking noise if done incorrectly.
Kid
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 1:31 AMThats about right.
Kerber
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:47 AMThanks for clearing that up Gordon, the article did little to explain how the feature will actually work.
I assume I can I also then drag my console to the server and drop it in reverse. so it’ll be a cracking sound when correct, and a ‘clunk’ if it didn’t work, in which case I’ll keep dropping until I hear a ‘crack’