iPhone gets torrent client

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Dreaming of downloading songs directly to iPhone via P2P (of course Indie songs most of which are distributed by their creators for free )... here could be a solution:

Apple might have postponed the official iPhone Software Development Toolkit last month, but as the Unofficial Apple Weblog reports, that hasn't stopped someone from porting a BitTorrent client to Apple's cell phone.

The work was undertaken by a hacker who calls himself core, and more details can be found on the CoreOS - iPhoneUnix blog. Core's iPhone BitTorrent client is based on the Transmission open-source client for Mac OS X and Linux, and it currently runs on the iPhone in command line form. Users are warned not to try it over the EDGE network—the Unofficial Apple Weblog says peer-to-peer software "takes down EDGE faster than toppling a Jenga pile"—so this solution only seems useful through the iPhone's Wi-Fi connection.

iPhone gets a BitTorrent client - The Tech Report

iPhone gets native P2P torrent software - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Torrent | CoreOS - iPhoneUnix

 

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Talk about a terrible idea in action!

1. This is a fine way to drive your phone bill up the wall

2. Kill your battery life in no time

3. Extended flash read/write cycles can only mean shortened memory life