Update: Apple lied: No VPN client on iPod touch
First of all, if you haven’t seen the new iPods (including lowered price for the iPhone), you’re missing out. Check them out: www.apple.com. Apple finally did it right: solid-state widescreen/touchscreen iPod. No more dead hard drives.
I just got off the phone with Apple. They confirmed for me that the iPod Touch indeed has the same VPN support as the iPhone.
When I ordered my 16GB iPod Touch last night I didn’t think about the fact that the software might be different than the iPhone. For the most part it’s not, but Apple has chosen to leave a few things out (like Mail, Stocks, and Weather). But would they leave out a system feature like VPN? No, apparently not. So it will work with campus Wi-Fi—perfect.
On a further note, I’ve heard that the software is exactly the same as the iPhone. This means that the missing applications should be easy to install with Installer.app once someone with an iPhone leaks them. Third-party iPhone apps should work too (like Sudoku and OpenSSH).