Umm.... so you can start a cycle from your phone, but you'd still have to go put the clothes (and detergent presumably) in anyway!
About the only use I can think of is to know when it's finished or has a problem (off balance) and you have a large house.
As an aside, I find instructions for web site account sign-ups amusing; they say "click here to accept the terms and conditions" almost in a way that says "trust me, just tick this box without reading the terms and conditions".