OK, this is cool. I was just messing around with my iPod Touch which I upgraded with the January release software. Thanks to a co-worker (thx Sab) I noticed that there is a VPN client on the Touch now. With the addition of email client (yes Gmail worked fine before) Google maps and a few other niceties this is quickly evolving into a light weight tablet computer for me. OK, from the initial screen, assuming that you haven’t made too many changes already after upgrading your iPod Touch. From the home page select your “settings” button (down on the right hand side).

From the settings menu select general,

followed by “network”. There will be a selection for VPN / Wi-Fi which I didn’t snap a pic of for real estate sake. You’ll notice that I’m practicing what I preach with good password policy autolock after one minute. Funny enough it never bothers me. One minute can be a life time. heh.

Finally, we arrive at the VPN settings. I was rather jazzed to discover this as it didn’t appear anywhere in the documentation for the software upgrade. If it had existed previously then I feel silly for not noticing it. I know that the iPhone had this option out of the gate. I’ll be taking it for a test drive in the lab if I find a few minutes to spare tomorrow.

As this device evolves for me I can’t help but wonder how long until Google allows Google Docs to be fully functional via my iPod. That and a proper shell and I’m a very happy camper.

Tags: iPod Touch, iPod Touch VPN, iPod Remote Access, iPod VPN